Beside support during pregnancy with the health visitor service (védőnő) after natal services are available as well for mums in Hungary
If you are already a Hungarian citizen or you have the TAJ card (or health insurance), you are entitled to get prenatal care and to be handled in maternity hospitals.
Health-visitor service (védőnő) for pregnant women:
providing care for women during pregnancy, for puerperal and breastfeeding mothers;
providing child care for children from infancy until the establishment of their student status;
performing health-visitor tasks in kindergardens and primary schools;
providing child care for children in school-age who require nursing care at their home;
Pregnant women first meet their health-visitor at the beginning of their pregnancy: after verifying the pregnancy, the obstetrician issues a certificate of the pregnancy with which the mother has to contact the designated health-visitor (based on the woman’s home or place of residency). The health-visitor issues a booklet for pregnancy monitoring.
Pregnant women have to participate in health-visitor counseling usually in every 4-6 weeks (but at least 4 times), in case of premature delivery, at least once, in order to become eligible for motherhood support.
Examinations:
measuring body weight and height;
measuring blood pressure and pulse;
measuring abdominal circumference;
fetal heart rate monitoring;
urine examination;
lower extremity observation and examination;
general counseling regarding pregnancy;
answering the mother’s questions
After child birth, the health-visitor monitors the recovery of the puerperal mother and the development of the child. They are notified by the hospital of the child birth, so that they can plan a family visit within the first 48 hours (except for weekends and holidays) after the baby’s hospital discharge. In the first 6 weeks after birth, they visit the family every week, then in every month (or more frequently if the mother wishes). The health-visitor gives advice to the mother about the upcoming tasks and potential problems: breastfeeding, diaper changing, bathing and dressing up the baby and advice on sleeping routine, etc.
The mother has to present with her baby at health-visitor counseling every month, then yearly. There are additional, so-called mandatory status examinations, on which they have to present at the 2nd, the 3rd, the 4th, the 6th, and the 9th months of infancy.
Examinations:
measures the baby’s weight and length;
at a certain age, they measure the head and chest circumference, too;
they discuss the tasks related to the baby’s development, nutrition and their care;
they check if the baby’s development corresponds to their age;
after reaching the 1st year of age, they help in issues regarding the babies’ speech and movement development, teaching and socialization of the babies
Screening exams are performed at the age of 1 year, 18 months, 2 and 3-years.
https://egeszsegvonal.gov.hu/en/health-care-system/health-visitor-service.html
https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=99700083.tv