Pregnancy

Improved birth experience thanks to the Body Ready Method?

Midwife Karen reports on a new birthing mechanic that aims to provide women with a better birthing experience.

Coffee During Pregnancy & Breastfeeding: How Much Is Really Okay?

Expert Anne Fechner explains what effects caffeine has on the baby and how to properly dose your coffee consumption during this special time.

10 Tips for Morning Sickness from Midwife Jutta Wohlrab

Midwife Jutta answers our most important questions about morning sickness and gives us an overview of its duration and causes.

What Really Matters: Expert Tips for Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum

Everything you need to know about maternal health during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period

Cesarean Section – Clarity for Your Birth Preparation

Midwife Christiane answers the most important C-section questions and debunks some (but not all) prejudices.

Maternity nurse: When a baby is born, a mother is born too

Often, the mother's care after birth is neglected. In conversation with a maternity care worker.

What belongs in your hospital bag for childbirth and what you're better off leaving at home

Get useful tips for your hospital bag and pack only what you really need.

Pregnancy Calendar

Pregnancy – an exciting, but also incredibly demanding time for your body, your heart, in short, your whole life. 

First Trimester of Your Pregnancy

You feel profound joy, but also anxieties, as your body adjusts to the changes.

Second trimester of your pregnancy

Welcome to the second trimester of your pregnancy. From now on, many things will likely become a bit easier for you.

Third trimester of your pregnancy

The last trimester is beginning. It won't be long now until you can hold your little one in your arms.

Birth as a Rite of Passage: Interview with Doula Shanay

Doulas serve women and attend the sacred rite of passage of birth, bringing knowledge, growth, and discovery.

Which place of birth is right for me?

Where do you want your baby to be born? In the hospital, with a private midwife, in a birthing center, or at home?

Pregnancy yoga really helps you

Studies show that yoga during pregnancy reduces stress, among other things, and also increases the strength and flexibility of the muscles important for childbirth.

12 Tips for Your Pregnancy

Pregnant – what now?! Embarking on a new chapter of life.

8 Common Pregnancy Complaints and How to Deal with Them

Pregnancy is magical, isn't it? Not really.