Pregnancy and Childbirth

Get information about what we can offer you and your partner during pregnancy and after delivery.

Due to the Corona Pandemic the following must be observed:

This website is constantly updated due to frequent changes.

If you feel sick with, for example, dry cough, fever, difficulty breathing, muscle pain and sore throat, contact your own doctor or emergency doctor (tel. 1813).
if you have had a positive corona test within the last 14 days, and Your baby is not kicking as usual and / or You have a fever> 38.5C, you must contact the Emergency Department for Pregnant Women (Akutnodtagelsen for Gravide) for a check-up. Call: 38 68 32 57.

If you have an appointment for a pregnancy check-up and you or your partner / companion have symptoms of coronavirus or have tested positive for it, you must contact us before you show up. It is mandatory for us to know if you have symptoms of COVID-19 prior to your examination so that we can assess whether it is appropriate to postpone your appointment or whether we should perform the examination with special precautions.

Latest news:

Antenatal classes are cancelled - for the time being in december.

Increase in unvaccinated pregnant women admitted with COVID-19

Reports from the country's maternity wards show an increase in unvaccinated pregnant women who are admitted with COVID-19.

The National Board of Health is in ongoing dialogue with obstetricians and midwives, who have informed the board that there are now more inpatients with covid-19 with severe courses than there have previously been during the pandemic. There are several cases of pregnant women who have become so ill from COVID-19 that they have been admitted to an intensive care unit. Of the pregnant women who have given up vaccination status, all have been unvaccinated, and the Danish Health and Medicines Authority encourages all pregnant women to be vaccinated early in the second trimester or as soon as possible thereafter.

Information about COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant and lactating women: SST website (in several languages).

The use of face masks are mandatory from November 29, 2021

From November 29 staff, patients and visitors will once again have to wear a face mask when visiting our hospitals. It is voluntary for children under 12 years.

It is NOT a requirement that inpatients - for example during childbirth - wear a face mask in the delivery room. Here, the staff and relatives will be using face masks.

Visitors to Herlev Hospital: Remember face masks and coronapas!

Relatives / companions are welcome at the birth at the Labour ward and the LabourClinic, taking into account the precautions - e.g.:

As a visitor, you must have a valid corona passport. However, the requirement for coronapas does not apply to patients, children under 15 years of age, close relatives, guardians and personal representatives of patients.
You must wear a face mask when moving around the hospital.
Use hand sanitizer when you arrive and leave the hospital.
Keep a distance of 1 meter from others
Follow all instructions from staff and on posters.

Limit the number of relatives

In the Midwife consultations, Pregnancy, Clinic 1 and at the Emergency Department for Pregnant Women / Triage, however, we recommend that you limit the number of relatives due to the small waiting rooms and examination rooms. The general precautions must be observed, e.g.:

Keeping a safe distance of 2 meters to others
Frequently use of hand sanitizer

In Ultrasound for Pregnant Women, You must be accompanied by 1 adult relative. Children are not allowed.

At the Maternity Ward, there are visiting hours daily 18:30 - 20:00. Precautions as described above.

COVID-19 inoculation prior to induction of labour, planned caesarean section and for all pregnant women near term

All pregnant women - and their parners - are encouraged, from week 39 + 5 days of pregnancy, to be inoculated every other day until birth. This also applies if you have been vaccinated already or have a prior infection with coronavirus. Only if you have been infected with corona virus during the last 12 weeks, you should not be inoculated.

The inoculation takes place at the 'Corona Podeklinik' at Herlev Hospital.

Address:
'Corona Podeklinikken' at Herlev Hospital
Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 29 (Entrance marked with 29B)
Opening hours: All days of the week at

07:00-12:00
12:30-15:00
15:15-17:00 (latest arrival: 16:45).

It is not necessary to book an appointment.

Planned induction of labour or planned caesarean section:

If You have a planned induction of labour, the inoculation for You and your parter is to be performed the day before, so the result is present at the date of induction.

For pregnant women with a planned caesarean section and their partners, the inoculation is to be performed two days before the caesarean section, so that the result is present at the time of admission.
If you have an appointment for induction or planned caesarean section, you will receive a message in your e-box with information regarding the inoculation.

If you do not have a valid (max. 48 hours old) inoculation test at the time of admission:

At the time of admission, the staff will check whether you and your partner/relative have a valid - ie max 48 hours old - inoculation.
In you have had infection with COVID during the last 12 weeks, you must present documentation for the date of your COVID infection.

If you give birth before 39 + 5, or for other reasons do not have a valid inoculation, the staff at the Labour ward will offer you inoculation.
Your partner will be offered inoculation during the daytime at our 'Pode clinic' during Your stay. Until we recieve a negative result of the test, he/she must be wearing a face mask. This includes in the laboring room and at the maternity ward.

Your partner/relative:

There is no access to the hospital for your partner / relative if he or she:

Has symptoms of coronavirus
Is known to be corona positive, or
Has been found in close contact with an infected individual.

4. november 2021

Pregnancy and Childbirth

Latest news:

Antenatal classes are ​​cancelled - for the time being in december.​

Increase in unvaccinated pregnant women admitted with COVID-19

The use of face masks are mandatory from November 29, 2021

Visitors to Herlev Hospital: Remember face masks and coronapas!

Limit the number of relatives

COVID-19 inoculation prior to induction of labour, planned caesarean section and for all pregnant women near term

Planned induction of labour or planned caesarean section:

If you do not have a valid (max. 48 hours old) inoculation test at the time of admission:

Your partner/relative:

After the delivery

Antenatal classes

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Pregnancy

Antenatal classes are cancelled - for the time being in december.