Pregnancy in a Delhi hospital is roughly a dozen scheduled visits plus one unpredictable delivery day — each visit a chain of registration, queue, scan, pharmacy, and report collection. Most of that chain is logistics, not medicine. The Maternity Companion service exists for the logistics half.
What the service covers
- Antenatal visits — escorting to scheduled OPD checkups and ultrasounds: registration, token/queue handling, report collection, pharmacy runs
- Delivery admission support — on admission day: the paperwork chain, counter coordination, and being the family's in-hospital point person while they're managing everything else
- Maternity ward attendant support — during the stay: errands, coordination with nursing station requests, family updates — subject to hospital attendant policy
- Postnatal follow-ups — the checkup visits after discharge: mother's review, newborn checkups, vaccination visits
- Family updates — keeping an out-of-town husband or parents informed through the visit
Who this is actually for
The working husband who can't take leave for every second-Thursday scan. The couple new to Delhi with family in another city — where "someone should go with her" has no obvious someone. NRI families managing a pregnancy back home from a timezone away. If the mother can comfortably do visits alone, she should — this service exists for when she can't, or when the family decides she shouldn't.
What it is not
A maternity companion is not a nurse, midwife, doula, or birth support professional. Nothing clinical — no monitoring, no medical advice, no birth coaching. Inside the delivery room is the hospital's domain and usually one birth partner's slot. The companion's value is everything around that room: the chain of queues, papers, and coordination that a hospital visit actually consists of. For the cost picture, see maternity companion pricing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a maternity companion do?
A maternity companion handles the non-medical side of pregnancy hospital visits — escorting to antenatal checkups and scans, running admission paperwork during delivery, providing attendant support in the maternity ward, and accompanying postnatal follow-up visits. All clinical care stays with hospital staff; the companion handles navigation, queues, documents, and family updates.
How much does a maternity companion cost in Delhi?
₹349/hour with a 2-hour minimum, billed only for the time engaged. You can pay after service (cash/UPI) or online with a 55% advance via Cashfree or PayU.
Can a maternity companion stay during delivery?
The companion provides admission support and ward-side attendant help subject to hospital policy — delivery-room access is decided by the hospital, and most allow only one birth partner inside. The companion's role is the logistics around the ward, not inside the OT or delivery room.
Is a maternity companion a nurse or midwife?
No — this is a strictly non-medical service. Companions handle hospital navigation, paperwork, queues, waiting support, and family communication. They do not perform any clinical task; medical care remains with the hospital's doctors and nurses.
Book a maternity companion
Antenatal visits, delivery admission support, postnatal follow-ups — ₹349/hr.
Book Maternity CompanionNeha, Co-Founder
Neha is a Co-Founder of Corelatin. Her background in research and scientific rigor shapes how the team approaches companion verification, hospital navigation protocols, and family reporting standards across Delhi NCR. Corelatin's companions are trained in logistics, communication, and hospital navigation — not medical care, which always remains with qualified hospital staff.