​The section carries out pregnancy examinations of pregnant women during the whole pregnancy as well as any treatment and admission.

All types of birth are carried out, except for home births. Normal multipara primarily give birth on an outpatient basis. Maternity is managed either at the hospital, the maternity hotel or at home.

We have

• A midwife consultation
• A prenatal outpatient section
  
• A centre for pregnant women with a heart disease
• A centre for pregnant women with diabetes
• An outfunction for the family outpatient section at Hvidovre Hospital
• Maternity outpatient section
  
• Reception of women in labour
• Birth ward with two operating theatres
• A prenatal section for obstetric complications
• A prenatal section for medical and psycho-social issues
• A maternity hotel for normal unipara
• A maternity ward for obstetric complications
• A maternity ward for medical and psycho-social issues
• A recovery function
• A secretariat

​Our approach

We are responsible for the preventive, health-promoting, treating and coherent efforts for pregnant women who give birth and are to stay in the section. We aim at births and postnatal confinements to be kept as normal as possible, also in relation to areas that require specialist knowledge.

In case of particularly complicated courses of birth (e.g. women with medical and surgical diseases, obstetric complications or women who are expecting a child with deformities), the midwife coordinates a cross-disciplinary team composed across departments/specialities for the purpose of ensuring an early effort and a coherent patient course.

We work in accordance with the WHO recommendations for the “Baby-Friendly Initiative”.

Patient audits and medical records, together with benchmarking on national indicators, are part of the elements to ensure that we maintain a high focus on patient safety and quality development.

Communication is a special area of initiative where we focus on communication with pregnant women and their families, internal communication and communication with external cooperation partners. This is done through systematic patient satisfaction studies, regular meetings with the practice consultant and establishment of communication training for our employees.