If you are having a baby at home, you should call 120 as soon as possible to bring the mother and the newborn to the hospital for a physical examination.
If you are giving birth at home, you should call 120 as soon as possible and wait for the doctor to arrive before moving the mother and newborn to a safe place. When the doctor arrives, he or she will give the mother and the newborn a thorough physical examination and record their vital signs as soon as possible, and transfer them to the hospital.
Observations are made to see if the mother’s placenta membranes have completely detached on their own or if there are any residuals, if there are any lacerations in the birth canal or if stitches are needed, to score the newborn’s vital signs, and to give the first dose of vaccines.
Also of particular importance is the management of the umbilical cord. If the umbilical cord is unbroken, the umbilical cord is broken. If the umbilical cord has been cut, the severed end is protected against infection.