Registering the birth
Free and with no deadline that takes rights away from you, but doing it early simplifies everything.
5 documents · Source: Registro Civil — requisitos de registro de nacimiento
Guides with a checklist
What to bring, without having to ask anyone
Every procedure is a checklist you tick off, not an article you read. And every list carries the source it came from, with its review date.
The hospital bag
Pack it from week 34: an emergency gives no notice.
0 of 11 packed
Your papers
For you
For the baby
Source: IMSS — Orientación a la embarazada: qué llevar al hospital. Reviewed on June 20, 2026.
This checklist works: try it. In the app, what you tick off is saved.
The other guides
Maternity leave
84 paid days if you pay into IMSS. Filed from week 34 at your Family Medicine Unit.
4 documents · Source: Ley del Seguro Social, artículos 101 y 103
If your hospital asks for something else, follow your hospital
These lists come from official sources and are reviewed with a date, but every institution has its own habits. When you find a difference, tell us: it gets checked and corrected for everyone who comes after you.