The tests the public system covers, the windows that do not come back, and the deadlines that cost money if you miss them. With the official source under each one.
essentials — Portugal
The deadlines we have verified, and what this country does differently. Not the full picture.
We are not a local edition: we say that a thing exists and that it has a date, in the words you will need at the counter — then we send you to the body that decides.
What is different in Portugal
First ultrasound (dating scan) — Between weeks 11 and 13
Anomaly (anatomy) scan — Between weeks 20 and 22
Glucose curve (75 g OGTT) — Fasting glucose at the first visit, then 75 g PTGO at weeks 24-28
Growth ultrasound — Between weeks 30 and 32
GBS vaginal-rectal swab — Between weeks 35 and 37
The deadlines that cost money
◐partly checkedCannot be recoveredReminder: from the birth
The father's 28 days, within six weeks
In Portugal the father's leave is compulsory and must be taken within 42 days of the birth. It cannot be moved or recovered. Beware of what circulates: the reform the press reported was voted down in Parliament in June 2026, so the current rules still stand.
What we have not checked: This entry rests on a reform being voted down in June 2026. We have not checked whether it has been tabled again since: before relying on the dates, look at the Segurança Social page.
These things exist here, and we have not read the rules at the source — so we are not going to write them. What we can give you is the two halves that are useful anyway: the name to say, and the body that answers.
○we don't know yet
licença parental inicial
The main parental leave, the one shared between the two parents.
Who to ask: The Segurança Social, and your employer.
General information, not legal or medical advice. Rules change: the date next to each source is the day a person last re-read it. For your own case, the body named on the page is the one that answers.
In the app the same deadlines arrive as a reminder, counted from your own due date.
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