Thanks so much for this! I am currently pregnant with my first baby and was assigned to Ringshospitalet in Copenhagen. It sounds like a good place to give birth, thanks for the video! I know from friends that in other smaller hospitals or in smaller cities in Denmark, the mother always gets a private room!
Welcome back, Erin. IIRC your UK experience pre birth were far better than your danish experience. Whereas the actual childbirth in DK were better than your UK one. But how cool is that, you can draw on experiences from two foreign child births? Hope y’all 4 are doing great! ❤
I am glad to hear things went good for you and I hope this is more the general statistic now in Copenhagen hospitals, whereas the c-section stories I've heard always go smoothly, I have 2 close references of different friends giving birth naturally (vaginal) here before covid (1 Expat and 1 Danish) and I was left concerned of ever giving birth like that in Copenhagen. For those who are going to give natural birth in Copenhagen (not planned c-section) be very alert in the hospital of how much time they leave you waiting with contractions and don't let the nurses or doctors send you back home if you have more than 14 hours of contractions (is dangerous for you and your baby), put your foot down and ask them to stay in the hospital.
This is very much a description of how a modern vs. old hospital works. The political situation in the UK is also heavily defunding the NHS which is part of the reason for their lesser conditions at their hospitals. I hope we will never see that kind of neo-liberal politics that we see in the US and UK hit Denmark. It will be a disaster for the people.
Danish healthcare in general is big on consent as you call it. I've heard some foreigners used to the UK or US systems say they almost get scared, because the Danish doctors will sit them down and go through all possible outcomes, side effects and options and it can be overwhelming to hear that there is an outside chance of something horrible happening. The flip side of the consent thing, and a part of the reason for it I think, is that the Danish healthcare system really expects you to take charge of your own healthcare and be proactive. Danish healthcare don't have many regular checkups and situations where the healthcare system will contact you, it is instead expected that you keep on top of what to do and when to do it and contact the system as required. Pregnancy is one of the few areas where the Danish system will try to take charge more, so parents get the needed checkups and information.
If the name you want for your baby is not on the Danish list, you can apply to add the name to the list by filling out a form and giving a reasonable explanation i.e.: this is a name in my mother tongue and it means "X" (nothing offensive and also that doesn't sound like an offensive word in Danish), they will take some weeks to do their research and due diligence and will send you an acceptance or rejection to your request.
Hmm, back when my ex-wife gave birth (both times) the sundhedsplejske/home nurse offered to arrange "mothers groups" with woman who had given birth in the same time period as her. If you joined, she would only facilitate contact information, and then it was up to the members of the group to arrange private meetings when and where they could. They would take turns to host a home, or meet up at cafes. I know my ex-wife got a lot of support from those groups and still talk some of the mothers from those groups, 10 and 12 years later.
Oh yes I was offered that too - in Copenhagen, you can choose between an international (English speaking) or Danish group. I was referring more to baby groups like baby rytmik, baby music/sing-a-long, sensory play etc
@Erin in Copenhagen I think you are spot on with the take that you put forward yourself, for the reason that this is different between the two countries. 'Will enough people show up' - London, by itself, having a population several million higher than the entirety of Denmark, makes it much more likely that the resources would not be wasted. It would of course still be something that should be on a wishlist if it can be done to ease and help the families, without too much waste of resources.
Hi! I know this is not so relevant, but how do you get a birth certificate in Denmark for your baby, if ever you got yours already. What do they call it here in Denmark? And how long does it usually take to get it? I tried googling but couldn’t find any. Thank you so much!
Hey, not irrelevant at all! So the only physical paper we got was immediately following the birth where they fill out a hospital form that charts the weight/vital details of baby etc. So I kept that just to have something physical (like we do from the UK although it's not the same as the official birth certificate that we got over there). Otherwise everything is 100% digital and then you also automatically get sent the baby's health card once you register their name. As far as I know, they don't do paper copies anymore? Hope this helps 😊
@@nt7948 Yes only in the UK though, it wasn't needed here in Denmark. Well it was for my eldest son but only because he was born in London. They're literally given a CPR number here at birth so a paper really isn't needed, even when applying for a passport
Thanks so much for this! I am currently pregnant with my first baby and was assigned to Ringshospitalet in Copenhagen. It sounds like a good place to give birth, thanks for the video! I know from friends that in other smaller hospitals or in smaller cities in Denmark, the mother always gets a private room!
Glad to hear you will be uploading more videos this year! Love your channel
Yay! Thank you!
Nice to hear from you again.
Thank you! ✨
For sure.
Welcome back, Erin.
IIRC your UK experience pre birth were far better than your danish experience. Whereas the actual childbirth in DK were better than your UK one.
But how cool is that, you can draw on experiences from two foreign child births?
Hope y’all 4 are doing great! ❤
Hi! Thank you very much for the video! I am waiting for part 3!
I am glad to hear things went good for you and I hope this is more the general statistic now in Copenhagen hospitals, whereas the c-section stories I've heard always go smoothly, I have 2 close references of different friends giving birth naturally (vaginal) here before covid (1 Expat and 1 Danish) and I was left concerned of ever giving birth like that in Copenhagen. For those who are going to give natural birth in Copenhagen (not planned c-section) be very alert in the hospital of how much time they leave you waiting with contractions and don't let the nurses or doctors send you back home if you have more than 14 hours of contractions (is dangerous for you and your baby), put your foot down and ask them to stay in the hospital.
In Austria we do baby yodeling
This is very much a description of how a modern vs. old hospital works. The political situation in the UK is also heavily defunding the NHS which is part of the reason for their lesser conditions at their hospitals. I hope we will never see that kind of neo-liberal politics that we see in the US and UK hit Denmark. It will be a disaster for the people.
Danish healthcare in general is big on consent as you call it. I've heard some foreigners used to the UK or US systems say they almost get scared, because the Danish doctors will sit them down and go through all possible outcomes, side effects and options and it can be overwhelming to hear that there is an outside chance of something horrible happening.
The flip side of the consent thing, and a part of the reason for it I think, is that the Danish healthcare system really expects you to take charge of your own healthcare and be proactive. Danish healthcare don't have many regular checkups and situations where the healthcare system will contact you, it is instead expected that you keep on top of what to do and when to do it and contact the system as required. Pregnancy is one of the few areas where the Danish system will try to take charge more, so parents get the needed checkups and information.
the blodtest thing is what diabitics use to poke thir finger to take blood for testing the sugurlevels
If the name you want for your baby is not on the Danish list, you can apply to add the name to the list by filling out a form and giving a reasonable explanation i.e.: this is a name in my mother tongue and it means "X" (nothing offensive and also that doesn't sound like an offensive word in Danish), they will take some weeks to do their research and due diligence and will send you an acceptance or rejection to your request.
whered you go!
Congratulations to you :)
Thank you!
Hmm, back when my ex-wife gave birth (both times) the sundhedsplejske/home nurse offered to arrange "mothers groups" with woman who had given birth in the same time period as her.
If you joined, she would only facilitate contact information, and then it was up to the members of the group to arrange private meetings when and where they could.
They would take turns to host a home, or meet up at cafes. I know my ex-wife got a lot of support from those groups and still talk some of the mothers from those groups, 10 and 12 years later.
Oh yes I was offered that too - in Copenhagen, you can choose between an international (English speaking) or Danish group. I was referring more to baby groups like baby rytmik, baby music/sing-a-long, sensory play etc
@@ErininCopenhagen Ah, yeah. I doubt we have a lot of that, even in Copenhagen.
@Erin in Copenhagen I think you are spot on with the take that you put forward yourself, for the reason that this is different between the two countries. 'Will enough people show up' - London, by itself, having a population several million higher than the entirety of Denmark, makes it much more likely that the resources would not be wasted. It would of course still be something that should be on a wishlist if it can be done to ease and help the families, without too much waste of resources.
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Hi! I know this is not so relevant, but how do you get a birth certificate in Denmark for your baby, if ever you got yours already. What do they call it here in Denmark? And how long does it usually take to get it? I tried googling but couldn’t find any. Thank you so much!
Hey, not irrelevant at all!
So the only physical paper we got was immediately following the birth where they fill out a hospital form that charts the weight/vital details of baby etc. So I kept that just to have something physical (like we do from the UK although it's not the same as the official birth certificate that we got over there).
Otherwise everything is 100% digital and then you also automatically get sent the baby's health card once you register their name. As far as I know, they don't do paper copies anymore? Hope this helps 😊
Hi thank you again! Is the physical paper you got same as what you normally use for passport application? Thank you so much!
@@nt7948 Yes only in the UK though, it wasn't needed here in Denmark. Well it was for my eldest son but only because he was born in London. They're literally given a CPR number here at birth so a paper really isn't needed, even when applying for a passport
@@ErininCopenhagen hi again! I see! Thank you so much for your reply!! Really appreciate it! ❤