Of all newborns, 1958 were girls and 2001 were boys.
The most productive month of the year last year was March, when 365 children were born, but the richest day for newborns was July 25, when 20 babies were born.
Also, among the children born last year, there are also 110 Ukrainian children, while a total of 264 children of Ukrainian residents have been welcomed in Riga since the beginning of the war.
At the same time, 19% of the families who welcomed offspring at the Riga Maternity Hospital became parents of the third, fourth, fifth or sixth child in the family. In December, the Maternity House offered these families a free stay in the family ward, and 46 families with many children took advantage of this opportunity.
The parents of the first child born in 2025 also received a paid stay in the family ward.
It has already been announced that since December of last year, mothers who come to welcome their third and every subsequent offspring have the opportunity to stay in the family ward for free at the Riga Maternity Hospital.
The child’s father or another adult close to the patient can also stay in the family ward together with the mother and the newborn. Any adult person close to the woman can take part in a family birth – the child’s father, sister, mother or other relative. The accompanying person must present an identity document (passport or ID card) and the result of a chest visual diagnostic examination performed within the last year. A loved one may also participate in a caesarean section operation, the Maternity Hospital states.
The maternity hospital has 34 family wards, which in the current demographic conditions mostly provide the opportunity to stay in them for any family who wants it. However, on days when there are many births, there is a possibility that the family ward is not available, according to the Maternity Hospital.
The service is part of the Riga Maternity Hospital’s Customer Loyalty Program, created to support new families and encourage them to plan more children. The customer loyalty program was started in 2023, and its first customers in January were the parents of triplets, the Dabin family and the Sardov family, who received a free stay in the family ward in March.
Free classes and lectures are also organized for future and new parents during the program, both in person and remotely.