Usually you can start your maternity leave four weeks before you expect to go into labour. If you are unemployed, then you will have to contact FTFa four weeks before your due date at the latest. You also have to contact your job centre four weeks before your due date at the latest. Your job centre has to assess whether you can stop coming to meetings until your maternity leave starts. FTFa will let Udbetaling Danmark know that you should receive maternity benefits, and then they will contact you.