Safe Motherhood & Facility Delivery

Every Mother Has a Plan

Prepared before labor begins. Participating mothers can work with the TMF team and health-facility partners to develop a simple Safe Birth Plan.

A plan may identify:

• —Expected delivery period
• —Intended health facility
• —Backup / referral facility
• —Birth companion or support person
• —Transportation plan
• —Emergency transportation alternative
• —Emergency contact information
• —Financial or logistical barriers
• —Supplies needed for delivery
• —Postnatal follow-up plan

The Safe Birth Plan is part of the redesigned program model. It does not yet reach every pregnant woman in TMF's catchment area.

More Than a Bucket

The TMF Safe Motherhood Birthing Bucket remains an important and recognizable part of our work. But the bucket is no longer the program itself.

It is one part of a mother's broader preparation for safe childbirth, and helps reduce practical barriers associated with preparing for delivery and caring for herself and her newborn.

Contents may include locally appropriate:

• —Maternal hygiene items
• —Newborn clothing and wraps
• —Newborn care items
• —Maternal-health education materials
• —Birth-preparedness information
• —Other essentials identified with health-facility partners

Bucket contents are reviewed with local healthcare partners to ensure they remain practical, appropriate, and responsive to community needs.