registering a birth

Play Bunny

not sure if this is the right forum....

i had my baby on thur, and was released sat morn...it was a quick release as in one of the nurses cut the tag asked was he my 1st i said no, she said thats fine off u go, now i need to register him, i was told i have to wait 14days is this right ? and i got no forms from the hospital to bring with me to register? do i just go down with our forms of id and my marriage cert as we were married abroad i remember that from my daughter, cant remember forms, can someone advise?

Orion

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/after_your_baby_is_born/registering_birth_your_baby.html

implausible

You filled in a form in the hospital. This preliminary information is sent to the registration crowd, it could take the 14 days to get there (don't ask me why). Then, when you turn up with your ids and the marriage cert, you just confirm that the info is correct and sign.

It's also a good idea to get two copies of the cert, you never know when you might need it and it's hassle to get a second one.

January

No forms needed, wait the 14 days and go to your local registrars office (if you're in Dublin please note the office in Coolock beside Northside Shopping Centre no longer does registrations ).

Play Bunny

thanks guys, didnt fill forms out at the hosp just went in , in the throws of labour , had him and was released a day later ...will hang on the 14days so and take it from there wasnt to sure & couldnt remember what we did on my daughter as i was nearly housebound for a good while after having her, and again my hubby got time off work etc...

liliq

I didn't fill out forms either, the hospital filled them out assuming none of my details had changed from when I initially registered with them.

How Strange

A midwife/nurse came to my bed and asked me a few questions. She said it was for registering the birth, I assume the hospital part, and also said to wait 14 days for their form to be processed.

Hannibal Smith

I never filled in any forms either in the hosp. If you were married in Ireland you don't need your marriage cert. If you have it to hand bring it anyway, but don't stress yourself out looking for it if you don't have it in a safe place like me

Eek, almost forgot..congratulations! Hope you're both doing well xx

Ms2011

Congrats Playbunny!

My little fella was in Special Care so I was never at my bed when the nurses etc would come round so I wasn't there when the came round about registering the birth but they obviously didn't need me as I rang the Births, Deaths & Marraiges place 10 days after I got home, gave J's date of birth & where he was born & they were able to tell me if the forms where sent in & if I was then able to do my part of the registering. So maybe ring before you make a wasted trip :-)

Play Bunny

thanks guys , im just a little to organised lol...will wait the 14days but will ring them 1st,

xiwang

hope it is ok to hijack this thread rather than open a new one, my question is when registering the birth of a baby, does the form offer the option to give the Irish name and the anglicised version?

Play Bunny

xiwang wrote: »

hope it is ok to hijack this thread rather than open a new one, my question is when registering the birth of a baby, does the form offer the option to give the Irish name and the anglicised version?

As far as i can remember it just stated : name of child

Moonbeam

No we registered them as gaeilge but put down my husbands name as a b also known as c which was the Irish for b.

xiwang

Moonbeam wrote: »

No we registered them as gaeilge but put down my husbands name as a b also known as c which was the Irish for b.

Thanks Moonbeam, not sure if I understand this correctly, you registered them as gaeilge or did you put in different versions?

Moonbeam

Nope as gaeilge but put down the english and irish versions of their dads name . So A. English also known as A.irish.

xiwang

Thanks I understand it now, that is a good idea!