Preparation during pregnancy

It is important and nice if you register with a maternity care organization as early as possible in your pregnancy. During your postpartum period, a maternity nurse will come to check on you and the baby and be in contact with us if there are any problems or details. She will also teach you how to care for the baby, such as diaper changing, dressing, temperature measurement, bathing, etc. It is very nice to be taught all this in your own home with your own things. Read more about registering for maternity care and about your postpartum period: Maternity Care Postpartum

If you are not married, it is important to arrange for the recognition of your baby at the Registry Office of your municipality during your pregnancy. It is nice if you have arranged this before the 24th week of pregnancy in connection with the declaration obligation after this pregnancy period. You then do not have to accompany yourself to the town hall after the birth to register your child.

Appointment recognition in Eindhoven

Appointment recognition in Waalre

You are legally entitled to16 weeks of maternity leave in the Netherlands.

• Maternity leave may start 4 to 6 weeks before the due date.
• If your leave starts 6 weeks before the counted-out date, you will have 10 weeks of postpartum leave.
• If you stop working 4 weeks in advance, you will have 12 weeks of postpartum leave.
• If you are (partially) sick before your maternity leave, your leave always starts 6 weeks before your counted-out date.

If you give birth later than the due date, these weeks are not deducted from your maternity leave: you are always entitled to at least 10 weeks of leave after you give birth. When your delivery starts before the maternity leave has started, the leave starts at the time of your delivery. You then have 16 weeks of leave after giving birth.

Your employer will need a pregnancy declaration in order to arrange your leave. Our assistant will place this declaration in your pregnancy portal at your request. This requires your counted-out date to be fixed, which is after your term ultrasound has taken place in the 1st trimester of your pregnancy.

More about your work and pregnancy

Your partner is entitled to birth leave after giving birth. Birth leave is also called maternity leave, paternity leave or partner leave.

• In the Netherlands it is regulated by law that your partner can take up to 5 weeks (5 times the number of working hours per week) of additional birth leave.
• During the leave, your partner will not receive a salary, but a benefit from the UWV.
• Parental leave is a legal arrangement you can take advantage of if you have children under the age of 8.
• Since August 2022, your salary for these hours has been partially paid.

Your partner must inform his/her employer before the birth or as soon as possible after the birth when he/she wants to take the birth leave. This may be done verbally or in writing.

Read more at rijksoverheid.nl

There are different types of shelter:

• Day care for children not yet attending elementary school
• Host parent
• Out-of-school care (BSO) for school-aged children

Many care organizations have waiting lists. It is advisable to register your child early in pregnancy. The National Child Care Registry has a list of child care centers in your area.

You can sign up with Mothers for Mothers if you are less than 12 weeks pregnant.

• This is an organization that collects urine from pregnant women.
• During your pregnancy, your urine contains hormones up to 16 weeks that can be used for women who have fertility problems.

For information and registration:

• call toll free 0800 – 022 80 70

mothersformothers.com

You are eligible to be vaccinated against whooping cough during your pregnancy – the 22-week shot. This shot protects you and your baby from whooping cough.

• Whooping cough is a very serious disease for newborn babies. By getting yourself vaccinated during pregnancy, your baby is protected against whooping cough right from birth.
• The 22-week shot is part of the national vaccination program and therefore free.
• You can get the vaccination from the 22nd week of pregnancy. The earlier you get this vaccination, the better.
• The shot is given at your local health clinic.
• You do need to make your own appointment for this. Look at 22wekenprik.nl for this.

Read more information, view the care pathway or ask one of our midwives:

More about whooping cough vaccination

Pregnancy is a good time to take a first aid course for babies and children.

• Every year, a lot of children end up in hospital emergency rooms due to accidents.
• Many of these accidents you can prevent as a parent or you can act immediately yourself.
• As a (prospective) parent, it’s nice to know what to do at that moment when something happens to your child.

You can sign up through this link to take a first aid course at a reduced rate if you are supervised by our practice.

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