St. Vincent's Medical Center launched a new program that it said is a first in Connecticut.

Officials from the Hartford Healthcare Network announced Thursday the launch of a postpartum rehabilitation program. The program is designed to change recovery for women after C-sections and high-risk births.

Physical and occupational therapists in the Hartford Healthcare Rehabilitation Network will visit patients within the first two days of childbirth.

They'll teach women how to move around safely and how to hold the baby for breastfeeding and other care.

"My caseload varies from anywhere between one mom to seven moms a day, so it is quite a bit, and that's a lot of people. I think within this last month we consulted on 30 moms, and that's 30 moms in just one month that otherwise wouldn't have had these services," said Alexis Pistone, a physical therapist for Hartford HealthCare Rehabilitation Network.

The rehab program will reduce post-partum complications and support a faster recovery.

"It's really empowering for us to be able to help these moms in this critical time of acute healing and to empower them and to help them regain their independence with mobility," Pistone said.

A third-time mom who recently delivered her baby through a C-section spoke with News12 about her experience so far.

"Recovering from a C-section is all I really know, and it is hard work for sure," said Michelle Pomar.

Pomar was discharged Thursday afternoon. Upon leaving the hospital, she and other moms receive a graded ambulation program, a three-week exercise program and an outpatient physical therapy prescription. This would help prevent women from being readmitted to the hospital.

"Having a lot of scar tissue is something I've dealt with in the past, and I tend to be dealing with it this time around. Talking with Alexis and her helping me with strategies on helping mobilize that scar tissue, I think will be good information for me to take home this time around and help even better with the recovery process," Pomar said.

Moving forward, Hartfold Healthcare plans to implement the program at other hospitals in its network.