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Gynaecology and obstetrics

Giving birth

How do I prepare for childbirth? What should I bring to the hospital? What does the delivery process entail? What happens during an epidural anaesthesia? When is the decision made to perform a caesarean section? What do I need to arrange administratively after the birth?

Preparing for childbirth

What to bring Who will accompany you? How to get to the delivery room

After the delivery

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

Postnatal period

Where will I stay after giving birth? When can my baby and I go home? How should I care for my baby? How do I start breastfeeding? What about home support? What administrative tasks do I need to arrange?

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: 23 january 2023