背景 近年, 乳幼児虐待予防の観点から産後ケア事業が注目されている. A県のB病院は, 産後ケア入院事業を開設したが, 利用者が少なく事業目的が果たせていない現状である.目的 産後4ヶ月までの育児サポート状況を明確化し, A県B病院の産後ケア入院の課題について考察することを目的とする.方法 産後4ヶ月から1年未満の母親37名を対象に, 産後4ヶ月までのサポート状況と満足度, 専門家に望むサポート, 産後ケア入院に関する質問紙調査を行った.結果および考察 産後1ヶ月までの主な育児サポート者は実母82.9%, 夫68.6%で, 満足群は95.1%であった. 産後1ヶ月以降は, 夫85.7%, 実母94.3%で, サポート者なしが2.9%で, 満足群は82.9%であったが, 不満足群が2.9%から17.1%に増加したことから, この時期の育児サポートは必要性が高いと考える. 産後ケア入院について 「知らない」 者は62.9%であった. 「知らない」 者のうち50%は 「事前に知っていたら利用した」 と回答しており, 効果的な広報活動が必要である.Background The postpartum care enterprise attracts attention. Although B hospital of A prefecture established the postpartum care hospitalization enterprise, a user is the present condition that the business purpose cannot be achieved few.Objective The childcare support situation by four months of postpartum is clarified, and it aims at considering the subject of postpartum care hospitalization of an A prefectural B hospital.Methods Candidates are 37 mothers for less than one year from four months of postpartum.Results/Discussion The main support persons by one month of postpartum were 82.9% of a biological mother, and 68.6% of a husband, and the satisfactory group was 95.1%. The support persons after one month of postpartum were 85.7% of a husband, and 94.3% of a biological mother, those without a support person were 2.9%, and the satisfactory group was 82.9%. However, the dissatisfied group to child-rearing increased to 17.1% from 2.9%.Therefore, I think that the childcare support after one month of postpartum has high necessity. Next, those who "do not know" postpartum care hospitalization were 62.9%.Since 50% of those who "do not know" postpartum care hospitalization answered, "It used when knowing in advance", it thinks that effective publicity work is required