Choice of maternity hospital and orientation visits

At HUS, you can give birth at Women's Hospital and the Espoo and Hyvinkää hospitals. We also monitor high-risk pregnancies in the maternity outpatient clinics in our maternity hospitals and in the Porvoo, Lohja and Raseborg maternity outpatient clinics. You are free to choose your maternity hospital. We follow the same treatment principles, such as the family and baby-friendly initiative, in all our maternity hospitals.

At Women's Hospital, we treat high-risk pregnancies and childbirths requiring inpatient care for the entire Uusimaa region. If your pregnancy has been monitored in a maternity outpatient clinic or hospital, we will consider the choice of your maternity hospital case-specifically with you and your physician. If your physician has determined that you or your baby require special monitoring during the pregnancy, we will always take care of your childbirth at Women's Hospital.

Deliveries are not evenly distributed on each day of the year. Since childbirths are an on-call activity, busier and quieter days will take turns. Call the childbirth helpline, tel. 09 471 71500 before you leave for a HUS hospital to give birth. The midwife who answers the phone will assess your situation and direct you to the appropriate hospital. In the choice of maternity hospital, your wishes are the main deciding factor followed by medical criteria and availability in the maternity hospitals.