Pregnancy and family

During pregnancy or birth, maternity care can assist you, including with household tasks and caring for your baby.

Babies and young children need a lot of care. Thanks to Goed's lending service, you can borrow a milk pump cheaply. At Goed's home care shop, you also get a discount when purchasing certain baby equipment.

Is your baby turning three months old soon? Then you'll receive a gift of up to €239 thanks to the CM Growth Budget. You choose what suits your family best.

Baby massage provides a moment of peace and relaxation for you and your baby. The skin contact creates a warm bond between parent and child and stimulates the physical and emotional development of your child.

Good first shoes ensure comfort, stability, and healthy foot development. That's why you'll receive a €60 gift certificate for your first pair of shoes.

According to osteopathy, many disorders are caused by impaired mobility of the joints, intestines and tissues. The body is seen as one whole, in which physical and mental factors are interwoven.

Your child is turning 2. They'll also receive a gift from the CM Growth Budget. You choose the gift that suits you best.

Playing and moving together with your child is not only fun, you also stimulate the motor and cognitive development of your little one.

As a CM member you can send your children on holiday camp, playground activities or open-air classes at a discount.

Small children often have more medical costs. That is why you will be reimbursed for part of the co-payment for doctor visits for young children.

Is your child suddenly ill and do you have to go to work? No worries, CM, together with Ferm, will provide a solution and organize childcare for sick children up to and including 12 years old at your home. This is up to 21 years old for children with a disability or long-term illness.

A father or co-parent may be absent from work for twenty days as an employee. This parental leave does not have to be taken consecutively, but within four months after the birth.

Self-employed people who have become fathers or co-parents are entitled to maternity leave. They can interrupt their professional activity for a maximum of twenty days or a maximum of forty half days, in a period of up to four months after birth.

Employees are entitled to breastfeeding breaks to breastfeed their child or express milk.

In the event of hospitalization or death of the mother, the father or co-parent can take converted maternity leave under certain conditions.

Does your work situation pose health risks for mother and child? The occupational physician may then decide that you are no longer allowed to work in that situation.

Employees and self-employed persons who adopt a minor child are entitled to adoption leave.

If you become a foster parent of a minor child, you are entitled to foster parent leave. There is a specific scheme for employees and self-employed persons.

With in-vitro fertilization (IVF), egg and sperm cells are brought together in the laboratory to enable fertilization. An embryo grows from the fertilized egg and is placed in the uterus. If a pregnancy occurs after this, we call it a test tube baby.

Artificial insemination involves the introduction of sperm into the uterus. CM will fully reimburse the costs for both the treatment of the sperm and the actual insemination.

NIP test stands for non-invasive prenatal test. This blood test detects congenital abnormalities such as Down syndrome. The blood test does not pose any risk to the pregnancy. The test has a reliability of more than 99 percent.

An additional reimbursement for the contraceptive pill and various other contraceptives, such as IUDs or patches.

Freezing involves freezing eggs, sperm or ovarian tissue. Thanks to freezing, patients can still see their desire to have children come true after their treatment.