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WeeCare Program for Keystone Mercy Members

The WeeCare Program, as part of Keystone Mercy’s Keys to Your Care program, helps our pregnant members stay healthy and have healthy babies. The WeeCare Program will provide you with educational information.  This information will help you understand the importance of taking your prenatal vitamins, eating right and avoiding drugs, alcohol and smoking.  We will also work with your doctor/midwife to make sure you get the care you need and that you understand the importance of seeing your doctor/midwife regularly.

The WeeCare Program helps our pregnant members stay healthy and have healthy babies.Early and regular prenatal care and a healthy lifestyle are important and can increase your chances of staying healthy and having a healthy baby. We encourage you to keep all your prenatal appointments. If you do, we will send you a gift after your baby is born.

If you need other services, like food and clothing, we can give you information to help you.  We also can give you information about how to enroll in the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Program, or you can call directly at 1-800-WIC-WINS.  They can help you get the right foods for you and your baby.

You may be eligible for home health care, special medical equipment or transportation to office visits.  We can help you with that, as well.

Please remember to contact your County Assistance Office once you know you are pregnant.  It is also important to contact them again once you have your baby.  This will make sure you get the benefits you and your baby need.

High Risk WeeCare Member

In cases where you are at an increased risk for premature delivery or complications, a nurse case manager will monitor your pregnancy even closer. A WeeCare "High Risk" member will receive:

  • Phone calls from your case manager monthly or more often, as needed,
  • Written educational materials on high risk pregnancy,
  • Access to health and wellness advice from a nurse 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

A home visit by a nurse is a benefit for all women who deliver a baby, even if your baby does not come home with you.Post Partum Home Visit

A home visit by a nurse is a benefit for all women who deliver a baby, even if your baby does not come home with you.

During this very important visit, the nurse will:

  • check your heart rate, temperature, blood pressure and breathing
  • check for signs of infection
  • answer questions about your recovery.

Remember that this is a benefit to Keystone Mercy members, even if your baby does not come home with you. Keystone Mercy urges all women coming home after delivery to accept this home nursing visit to ensure a healthy recovery from childbirth.

If your baby is home with you, the nurse will also:

  • check your baby's heart rate, temperature and breathing
  • check your baby for signs of infection
  • answer questions you may have and help you to learn about taking care of your new baby
  • give your baby a nursing check-up
  • help you with information on how to breastfeed your baby.

A nurse will contact you about a home visit within two days after you leave the hospital.  If the nurse does not contact you within two days, please call Member Services and ask for WeeCare.

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