Your Room
You can choose between:
- A shared room with two beds
- A single room for an additional charge
All rooms are equipped with a bathroom, colour television, telephone (for receiving calls), refrigerator, and a safe for valuables.
Single rooms are equipped with a shower. If you are staying in a shared room, several shower facilities are available in the maternity ward
If you choose a single room, your partner may stay overnight with you for an additional charge.
Please remember to complete your pre-admission before the big day so that you do not have to worry about administrative formalities on arrival.
Visits
To promote a calm environment and ensure adequate rest for mothers and their newborns, visits are limited to the designated accompanying person (father, co-parent or support person) and siblings.
- Single room: 24 hours a day (no exit permitted between 10 pm and 6.30 am)
- Shared room: from 8 am to 8 pm
= Maximum of 2 visitors per day (excluding siblings) from 3.30 pm to 8 pm
For reasons of hygiene and safety, and because the hospital is both a healthcare facility and a public place, smoking is strictly prohibited in rooms and corridors.
Prenatal acknowledgement of paternity
Are you unmarried and expecting a baby? Prenatal acknowledgement allows you to officially establish the legal parentage of your child’s father or co-parent before the birth.
How to proceed? Please follow the link www.brussels.be/birth
Birth Registration
The birth must be registered by the father or by both parents at the Civil Registry Office within fifteen days of the birth.
Where?
City of Brussels Offices
Boulevard Anspach 6 – 1000 Brussels
Monday to Friday, from 8.30 am to 12.30 pm
(Please note: registration must take place within 3 working days following the birth)
During your stay in the maternity ward, a nurse or social worker from ONE or Kind en Gezin will visit you to help you complete all the necessary formalities and explain the follow-up arrangements for your baby.
Leaving the maternity ward
Once you have received approval from the midwife or gynaecologist and the paediatrician, you will be able to go home. Discharges are organised at 12 noon. We will answer any final questions you may have and provide follow-up support for breastfeeding and your health. If you wish, we will also help you choose the most suitable contraception for your situation. The paediatrician will examine your baby and give you their health record booklet.
If you do not already have one, we will arrange for a midwife to visit your home in the days following your return.
Similarly, if needed, we will arrange an appointment with a paediatrician within 15 days of the birth to monitor your baby’s health.
We will continue to support you even after you return home.
If you have any urgent questions, you can contact the maternity ward 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
- 608A : 02/535.43.15
- 508 : 02/535.46.94
Early return home
If you and your baby are in good health, we recommend shortening your hospital stay and opting for care at home.
You can benefit from personalised support t from an independent midwife in your usual environment, who will respect your rhythm and your baby’s rhythm as much as possible. She will be available to answer any questions you may have at home and ensure that you and your baby are doing well.
You can also arrange for a midwife to visit you at home after your stay in the maternity ward, even if you do not leave early, for:
- Breastfeeding support and guidance
- Monitoring your newborn’s weight or jaundice
- Follow up and support after hospitalisation in the neonatal centre
- Wound care
- Advice and support for bottle-fed babies
- General postnatal advice and support
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Where to go?
Brussels and surrounding areas
- Au fil de la naissance : T. +32(0)478 32 68 38
- Arbre de vie : T. +32 (0)487 07 16 95
Across Belgium
www.sage-femme.be
