Luxembourg
Family & health
Having a baby in Luxembourg: maternity care, where to give birth, and the allowances
Luxembourg has four maternity hospitals and lets parents freely choose their gynaecologist and midwife. The state pays a birth allowance of three tranches totalling 1,740.09 euros, each tied to specific medical examinations recorded in the carnet de maternité. Maternity leave runs 20 weeks at full salary, the CNS covers childbirth in hospital, and every birth must be declared at the commune within 10 days.