The tests the public system covers, the windows that do not come back, and the deadlines that cost money if you miss them. With the official source under each one.
essentials — Netherlands
The deadlines we have verified, and what this country does differently. Not the full picture.
We are not a local edition: we say that a thing exists and that it has a date, in the words you will need at the counter — then we send you to the body that decides.
Paid parental leave is nine weeks, but only within the first year. After that they remain as unpaid leave: the weeks don't vanish, the money does. It applies to each parent.
What we have not checked: We have not checked how the claim is actually made — in the Netherlands the employer normally files it with the UWV — nor how far ahead it has to be announced.
Source: Rijksoverheid · re-read Aug 28, 2026
These things exist here, and we have not read the rules at the source — so we are not going to write them. What we can give you is the two halves that are useful anyway: the name to say, and the body that answers.
zwangerschapsverlof · bevallingsverlof
The leave before the birth, and the leave after it — two separate things here.
Who to ask: Your employer, who files it with the UWV.
Go to the body →kraamzorg
The care that comes to your home in the first days after the birth.
Who to ask: Your zorgverzekeraar — the health insurer — and a kraamzorg agency.
Go to the body →aangifte van geboorte
Registering the birth.
Who to ask: The gemeente of the town where the baby was born.
kinderbijslag
The child benefit, once the baby is here.
Who to ask: The SVB, the Sociale Verzekeringsbank.
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the paperwork, in the right order
The tests of a physiological pregnancy, trimester by trimester — the part that is nearly the same everywhere.
The tests, trimester by trimester →General information, not legal or medical advice. Rules change: the date next to each source is the day a person last re-read it. For your own case, the body named on the page is the one that answers.
In the app the same deadlines arrive as a reminder, counted from your own due date.
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