Pregnancy - for a good gut feeling

To make sure that you and your baby are doing well during pregnancy, we offer regular prenatal examinations. Our prenatal diagnostics meet the highest medical standards.

Our medical team looks after you with sound specialist training, many years of experience in obstetrics and prenatal diagnostics as well as proven special qualifications. As a pregnant woman, you and your wishes and needs are always at the centre of our attention.

We are happy to accompany you from the positive pregnancy test through to postnatal care.

Fortunately, the vast majority of children are born healthy and most pregnancies proceed without complications, even in older pregnant women. With our prenatal diagnostics, we aim to rule out foetal malformations and an increased risk for mother and child as early as possible through targeted screening.

What we offer

• Counselling on the various options for prenatal diagnostics
• First trimester test incl. measurement of nuchal translucency and additional parameters (nasal bone, ductus venosus, tricuspid flow)
• Second trimester test incl. organ screening
• Fetal echocardiography (heart ultrasound)
• Screening for neural tube defects
• Pre-eclampsia screening
• Chorionic villus sampling
• Amniocentesis (amniotic fluid examination)
• Second opinion for abnormal findings ("Expert Opinion")

Together we will discuss your wishes and ideas about the birth from a medical point of view.

Our offer

• Joint birth planning discussion
• Clarification in case of breech presentation (external labour, vaginal birth)

Our experienced midwives will provide you with valuable information that can be very helpful during pregnancy. You will also receive suggestions from our midwives for a good birth and learn lots of interesting facts about the postnatal period.

During the midwife consultations, you will have the opportunity to ask practical questions, discuss and obtain information about nutrition, the course of pregnancy, birth and everything related to it. Please note that all the services listed are counselling sessions and no examinations take place.

Personal counselling session
Here you have the opportunity to discuss your concerns and wishes relating to the birth.

• suitable for women from the 12th week of pregnancy
• Duration approx. 75 min.
• The costs are generally covered by basic insurance

Private antenatal class
An experienced midwife will give you personalised advice on birth and breastfeeding preparation.

• suitable for women from the 20th week of pregnancy
• Duration approx. 75 min.
• The costs are generally covered by basic insurance

Exchange with the midwife
Are you at an advanced stage of your pregnancy and still have unanswered questions? Ask them to our midwife - she is sure to have the answers. .

• suitable for women from the 32nd week of pregnancy
• Duration approx. 60 min.
• The costs are generally covered by health insurance.

Acupuncture is a healing method of traditional Chinese medicine that has been known for thousands of years. Sensory stimuli are applied to certain skin points using fine needle pricks. This brings disturbed functions of the organism back into harmony. Obstetric acupuncture can be used for various complaints during pregnancy, labour, the postpartum period and breastfeeding.

Pregnancy can trigger various complaints. Kinesio taping can help with back pain, oedema or nausea and vomiting and support the pregnancy. Specially trained midwives at Bethesda Hospital offer this method with great success.

To ensure that nothing is left at home on the big day, we will help you decide what to pack in your birth bag for the day of the birth and how you can prepare well for the first time at home.

Further information will be discussed in detail and at length with your midwife in advance so that you can concentrate fully on the birth on the big day. Because good preparation for the birth helps you to relax.

What do I need to think about and when? Which documents do I need to submit where and when and what options do I have to find out about the issues that are important to me during my pregnancy?

We have summarised the most important information for you.

Your doctor will register you for your hospitalisation. Please also discuss your wishes and expectations with them in advance.

Fortunately, most pregnancies and births proceed without serious complications. However, if problems do arise, individual and personalised care is very important to reduce unnecessary additional stress. With us, you are in the best hands and can rely on the best medical support.

Although Bethesda Hospital does not have its own neonatal intensive care unit, we have very good facilities for caring for pregnant women who are threatened with premature birth. Premature births can often be avoided with measures such as cerclage or total cervical closure - this is very helpful, especially in the case of stressful histories (miscarriages, particularly in the advanced stages of pregnancy).

We look after pregnant women who suffer from gestational diabetes together with the diabetology specialists at the hormone practice at Bethesda Hospital. In most cases, we are able to regulate the metabolism so well that there are no effects on the child and therefore a birth at Bethesda Hospital is possible. In the midwife consultation , affected pregnant women are also shown how they can avoid subsequent problems with the newborn (hypoglycaemia).

Should complications arise during the birth, a well-coordinated surgical team, our paediatricians, the neonatology department of the UKBB and the entire infrastructure of the acute hospital are available at all times.

Pregnancy is not just a time of joyful anticipation and good hope. It is also a time of uncertainty and unanswered questions. As parents-to-be, you have the opportunity to talk to qualified and experienced specialists at Bethesda Hospital.