Understand your postnatal health
with support that stays connected.
From the Hesta Health Check to AskHesta and follow-on specialist care, Hesta brings together clinically led insight, trusted guidance, and joined-up support for your recovery after birth.
Hesta Health is designed for all women and birthing parents who have given birth in the past two years, tailored to you where you are in your postnatal journey.
From day one
AskHesta gives you access to qualified healthcare professionals for questions about your recovery, your mind and body, or your baby.
From around 4 weeks
When you feel ready, the Hesta Health Check gives you a clearer clinical picture of how your body and mind are recovering. Tailored to you from four weeks up to two years after birth.
As your needs change
Your Health Check Report and Care Guide help you understand what to prioritise and where specialist support could help. Hesta Care gives you access to the clinical support you need.
Choose your starting point
Whether you want a clearer picture of your postnatal health, or ongoing support through the earliest weeks after birth, Hesta helps you begin with the care that makes sense for where you are now.
Not sure which is right for you? Take our quick finder to find out.
HOW THE HESTA HEALTH CHECK WORKS
A complete picture of your postnatal recovery.
The Hesta Health Check is a comprehensive health assessment, designed specifically for anyone who has given birth in the last two years.
WHAT THE HESTA HEALTH CHECK HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND
Answers to the questions that stay with you after birth
How AskHesta works
No question too big or small
In the earliest weeks after birth, questions can come up constantly. AskHesta gives you direct messaging support from qualified healthcare professionals, so you can ask about your recovery, your mind and body, feeding, your baby, or how you’re feeling.
AskHesta is designed to support you in the first stage of your Hesta journey, and is designed to sit alongside your Hesta Health Check to give you comprehensive fourth trimester support.
You can access Hesta from the day you give birth, at any time for your first 12 weeks. When you’re ready, your Health Check gives you a deeper clinical picture of your postnatal recovery.
HESTA CARE
Follow-on support from healthcare professionals, when you need it.
Hesta Care brings the best postnatal expert clinicians to you.
You can talk through your Hesta Health Check and Care Guide with a postnatal doctor that has been trained to specifically look after postnatal women and birthing parents. You're able to review your assessment, understand your results and discuss your concerns.
And after your Hesta Health Check, Hesta Care connects you with trusted postnatal specialists, including GPs, physiotherapists, dietitians, psychotherapists, lactation specialists and midwives.From nutrition support to mental wellbeing sessions, Hesta Care gives you access to highly trained, postnatal clinical specialists in one easily accessible place.
Because your care is guided by your Health Check Report and Care Guide, you don’t have to start from scratch. Your support is joined up, personalised and designed around your recovery.
*Access to Hesta Care is currently available to Hesta Health Check users.
A different kind of postnatal care
What postnatal care can feel like | What Hesta is designed to do |
|---|---|
Having to work out what to do next yourself | Give you clear guidance and access to the right next step |
Help often comes only when something feels serious | Help you understand what may need attention earlier |
A single check or appointment, then you're left to get on with it | Support you on an ongoing basis, from day one up to two years after birth |
Symptoms are looked at one by one | Review your body, mind, goals, history, and results together |
Separate services for separate concerns, with you repeating your story each time | Joined up care that changes as your needs change, without starting again each time |
CQC registered | Qualified UK-registered clinicians | Secure health data| Designed by leading doctors, and women’s health specialists
Access expert clinicians, when you need support
Hesta Care brings the best postnatal expert clinicians to you.
Where you do need support from healthcare professionals, we’re here for you.
You can talk through your Hesta Health Check and Care Guide with a postnatal doctor that has been trained to specifically look after postnatal women and birthing parents. You're able to review your assessment, understand your results and discuss your concerns.
And if you decide you need a more specialised consultation, whether it’s a recommended physio assessment from your Hesta Care Guide or if you decide it’s time to talk to someone about how your birth really made you feel, you can find the right healthcare professional through Hesta Care. From nutrition support to emotional wellbeing sessions, Hesta Care gives you access to highly trained, postnatal clinical specialists in one easily accessible place.
*Access to Hesta Care is limited to Hesta Health Check users. Find out why here in our FAQs.
