Medical examinations and doctor’s visits

Free medical exams from the 41st week of pregnancy:

• Obstetric ultrasonography
• Cardiotocography


Childbirth classes
Pregnancy and childbirth are not skills you can learn or homework you can do; however, every woman can be helped to find the right way to live pregnancy.

Prenatal care services include childbirth classes, whose aim is to focus on the health of pregnant women and their newborn, as well as to identify and treat diseases that might arise. Childbirth classes also aim to provide information to women,to their partner and family, so that they can live parenthood in the best way possible according to their needs and values. Childbirth classes can be attended by a varying number of participants. Pregnant women and their partner can attend childbirth classes, each class deals with a different topic, which is explained by a trained healthcare professional. During childbirth classes, pregnant women and their partners have the opportunity to meet and talk to couples that are living their same experience. In Italy, most childbirth classes are organized by an obstetrician, however, for some specific topics other professionals can be employed, such as gynecologists, psychologists, pediatricians and healthcare assistants.


When?
Every week starting from the 7th month of pregnancy

Do I have to pay?
Classes are free of charge

Where?
For more information, go to the nearest Ambulatory Care Service & Family Planning Clinic (also called “Consultorio”):

Perugia: Consultorio Familiare Centro Residenziale “Le Fornaci”, Str. Perugia/San Marco n° 87 San Marco. For more information call the following number: 075.075.075
Magione: Consultorio familiare. For more information call the following number: 075/8477815
Castiglione del Lago: Ospedale di Castiglione del Lago, Reparto di Ostetricia P.zza Gramsci n° 1, For more information call the following number: 075/952622
Marsciano: Ospedale di Marsciano. For more information call the following number: 075/8782405
Spoleto: Ospedale di Spoleto, Via Loreto n° 3. For more information call the following number: 0743/210274
Foligno: Consultorio del centro di Salute “Subasio” Via Aspromonte n° 8; Consultorio del centro di Salute “S. Eraclio” Via Roma n° 84. For more information call the following number: 0742/321889
Santa Maria degli Angeli: Consultorio Familiare presso Distretto Sanitario, Via San Bernardino da Siena, Santa Maria degli Angeli. For more information call the following number: 075/8139549
Gubbio: Ospedale di Gubbio Gualdo Tadino, Loc. Branca, Gubbio. For more information call the following number: 075/92701
Città di Castello: Ospedale di Città di Castello, Via Luigi Angelini n° 10. For more information call the following number:  07585091
Norcia: Distretto della Valnerina, Via Cavour, Norcia. For more information call the following number: 0743/815637
Terni: Consultorio di Terni, Via Montegrappa n° 49. For more information call the following number: 0744/204058
Narni: Consultorio di Narni, Via Tuderte n° 12. For more information call the following number: 0744756657
Orvieto: Consultorio di Orvieto, Corso Cavour n° 157. For more information call the following number: 0763/344444

Childbirth classes continue even after your baby is born: an obstetrician from the Ambulatory Care Service & Family Planning Clinic (called "Consultorio")  will help you with breastfeeding at home or in the clinic.


Where?
Go to the nearest Ambulatory Care Service & Family Planning Clinic (also called "Consultorio").

Do I have to pay?
The following medical exams are free:
- periodic gynecological or obstetric visits;
- diagnostic tests to monitor physiological pregnancy in each period;
- all the necessary examinations in case the risk of having a miscarriage arises;
In case of pre-existing diseases or other syndromes arising during pregnancy, healthcare assistance and treatment will be prescribed by a specialist if the woman of fetus’ health may be compromised.

Perhaps you don’t know that:
Pregnant employees have the right to take time off work to do prenatal examinations, specialist visits, and clinical exams, only if they cannot be done outside working hours. This right is established by Decree Law No. 151 of 26 March 2001 as modified up to Decree Law No.115 of April 2003. Unified Text of legislative texts on protection and support to maternity and paternity, according to the discipline of the Section 15 of Law No. 53 of 8 March 2000 (also known as “Decreto Legislativo 26 Marzo 2001, No. 151. Testo unico delle disposizioni legislative in materia di tutela e sostegno della maternità e della paternità, a norma dell’ articolo 15 della legge 8 marzo 2000, n. 53”). To take a leave, pregnant employees must show their employer the following documents: - leave request, indicating date and time of the medical exams and specifying that they cannot be done outside working hours; - receipt of the healthcare facility where the medical exams took place. Date and time of the examinations must be specified on the receipt.

Remember:
Pregnant employees insured by INPS (National Institute for Social Security) must submit the certificate for mandatory maternity leave before the 28th week of pregnancy.

Attention!
Foreign pregnant women are entitled to be assisted for free at the Ambulatory Care Service & Family Planning Clinic (Consultorio), whether they have a regular permit or not. Under no circumstances, women without a regular permit will be reported to the police.