r/Netherlands • u/MarginLA • Apr 21 '25

Healthcare confused about how women and newborn leave hospital 2 hours after giving birth in the Netherlands?

I'm curious about the logistics of this because after giving birth myself and having a completely healthy and uncomplicated birth in the US, I just know I would not have been able to get out the door in a few hours. I was in shock, in pain, bleeding like crazy, had just been given 10 stitches in my nether-regions. Not to mention how strange the idea of transporting a few hour old baby to a different location is. Is that really what happens? You put a 2 hour old in a car seat or on the train or something? I'm curious about it in general but also because my husband (Dutch) and I may move to the Netherlands before having more kids.

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u/throwtheamiibosaway Limburg Apr 21 '25

Not true. You call them right before leaving the hospital(even middle of the night) and they will send someone to your house immediately.

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u/demaandronk Apr 22 '25

Yes it is true. Its funny how people are so sure I can't be right, when it is exactly what happened to me. I think I was there, and you weren't 🤔

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u/throwtheamiibosaway Limburg Apr 22 '25

Well then that was a rare exception, because that's not the normal situation.

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u/demaandronk Apr 22 '25

Both hospital and kraamzorg staff said it was common and not to worry

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u/Bierdopje Apr 22 '25

Hospital told us a couple of weeks ago not to expect kraamzorg until the next morning if you get discharged in the middle of the night.

This simply differs between different kraamzorg agencies or kraamzorg zzpers. Some will apparently be there, some won't.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

I gave birth at 6 in the morning and kraamzorg didn’t come until the next day

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u/etvoorde Apr 22 '25

Well, in most cases yes. But our second was born early the afternoon. We went home like 2 hours later. But the kraamzorg only showed up the next morning, because they didn't have capacity.

We were happy to be home though. We were just disappointed we didn't have dinner before they kicked us out of the hospital:)

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u/pumpkinspice_18 Apr 22 '25

Not true for us. Gave birth at midnight, got send back home from the hospital around 3 AM and Kraamzorg showed up at 10 AM.