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Gynaecology and obstetrics

After the delivery

Paediatrician examination, skin-to-skin contact with your baby, donating umbilical cord blood.

Paediatrician

Sometimes a paediatrician attends the delivery. This could be for cases of assisted delivery, prematurity or if the baby has passed stool into the amniotic fluid. If possible, the paediatrician will examine your baby in your delivery room so that you are not separated. Admission to the neonatology unit may be necessary. In that event, you may visit your baby as soon as you have been admitted to the maternity ward, usually around two hours after the delivery.

Skin-to-skin contact with your baby

If both you and your baby are doing well, the midwife will place your baby on your abdomen immediately after birth. This skin-to-skin contact helps your baby adjust and offers numerous benefits.

Administration after birth

Read more about registering the birth, signing up with a health insurer, hospitalisation insurance and applying for and receiving the Groeipakket (a package of financial benefits tailored to each child in each family).

Donating umbilical cord blood - Umbilical cord blood saves lives

You want to donate umbilical cord blood? Hand in the consent form when you are at the delivery room. 

Umbilical cord blood?

Stem cells in umbilical cord blood can save lives. For patients with leukaemia (or another blood disease) a stem cell transplant is often the last chance of survival if none of the other classic treatments are unsuccessful. 

Read more about umbilical cord blood and how you can donate
Last edit: 18 june 2024