If you are pregnant, you should contact a doctor or midwife. If you already have valid health insurance cover, you do no not need to register your pregnancy at the Health Insurance Fund.
If a pregnant woman does not have health insurance, to obtain health insurance she must submit to the customer service office of the Health Insurance Fund a certificate issued by the doctor or midwife about the establishment of pregnancy and the application (in Estonian). The insurance ends three months after the expected date of childbirth established by the doctor. After that, the woman who receives parental benefit and child care allowance will be insured by the state until the child turns three.
If you want to change the parent who receives the benefits, the parent who gets family benefits (parental benefit, child care allowance, etc.) has the right for health insurance. Therefore, it is important to consider that for instance a mother who is at home with the child is not left without health insurance when the benefits are paid to the father.
You can check whether you have valid health insurance cover in the State Portal with e-service My personal data in the Health Insurance Fund or by calling the customer service helpline of the Health Insurance Fund at 669 6630.