Introduction
As periods of consistent and even increased access to care, pregnancy and the postpartum year offer unique opportunities to optimize the future health of birthing individuals [Patient navigation, a patient-centered, individualized intervention designed to identify and address barriers to care, was first implemented in oncology to ease burdens of fragmented care [This study aims to identify facilitators of and barriers to the activities of postpartum patient navigators and their integration into the medical care team at an urban academic medical center as they navigate patients through one year postpartum. Such identification will serve useful in guiding future implementation of postpartum navigation at other institutions.