Having a baby in Denmark
Examination by the doctor or midwife
Pregnant women have the right to an examination by a doctor or midwife. The first check-up is with your own doctor when you have reached your ninth week of pregnancy. It is up to you to make this appointment. When you have entered your 10-12th week of pregnancy, you can go for an examination that will show whether there is any risk of the child having mongolism or certain hereditary diseases. Your doctor or midwife will talk to you about the examination.
A case file follows you and the child
The doctor opens a "case history" that you must take with you to all examinations by the doctor or midwife. In the file the doctor or midwife records the progress of the pregnancy. The purpose of examinations is to monitor how you and the baby are doing.
Father, mother and child
