Maternity and child health clinic family coaching includes two coaching sessions organised as group video appointments. You can sign up for maternity and child health clinic family coaching via Maisa. Family coaching is available in Finnish, Swedish and English.
Maternity and child health clinic family coaching is primarily intended for residents of Helsinki who are expecting their first child. We also warmly welcome the spouse or support person of the pregnant person to family coaching. Please note that you can participate in family coaching with a spouse or support person on one device using the pregnant person's Maisa username and password.
What does maternity and child health clinic family coaching include?
The theme of the first family coaching session will be life changes and the well-being of the parent. In coaching, we explore matters including the perceptions that parents have of their babies, getting ready for parenthood, sexuality, and recovery after childbirth. We recommend participating in the first family coaching session from week 16 of pregnancy.
The theme of the second family coaching session will be life in the first weeks with the baby. The first weeks with the baby, breastfeeding and feeding, necessary skills with the baby and possible concerns and problems the parent may have will be discussed during the session. We recommend participating in the second coaching session from week 25 of pregnancy.
The materials used in maternity and child health clinic family coaching are provided to the participants at the end of the coaching.
Please note that the remote maternity coaching session on childbirth and the first days with the baby will be carried out in cooperation with the maternity hospital. Instructions for participating in remote childbirth training can be found on the Vauvamatkalla (Baby Journey) digital path. HUS activates the Baby Journey digital path for every pregnant person during the first ultrasound of the pregnancy or around week 12 of pregnancy.
Good to know about participation in the maternity and child health clinic family coaching
The ‘Aloita videokäynti’ (start video appointment) button will be automatically activated on the ‘Tapahtumat’ (events) tab in Maisa 15 minutes before the start of the family coaching session. You can join the video appointment using either your own name or a pseudonym you have chosen. Your name or pseudonym will be visible to other participants, if you participate in the family coaching chat.
To help protect sensitive data, we use a lighter version of the Microsoft Teams application for our family coaching sessions. In this version, all features are not available – for example, while the chat function is available to you, other ways to engage with meeting participants are not supported.
New content has been developed for the family coaching by the maternity and child health clinics. The new programme has been implemented in the coaching provided in Finnish since June 2024 and in the coaching provided in English since August 2024. The coaching provided in Swedish will switch over to the new programme in November 2024.
If you attended the family coaching sessions before the content was renewed, you may sign up for the coaching again if you wish. However, please note that the coaching will cover some of the same topics as before.
The family coaching provided in Swedish is provided according to the previous programme until the end of October 2024:
First session: Parenthood and everyday life with a baby
Second session: Childbirth and pain relief