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Baby visit to the practice:
The slide show is open!

Since a few days we have a "baby screen" again. On a large screen in the entrance area of the practice runs a slide show of all baby pictures, which the new parents send us by uploaded to our homepage uploaded to our homepage.

It took a while to get started after the [read more...]

2023-03-04T13:17:39+01:004March2023|General, Practice, Pregnancy|0 comments

New acquisition of the ultrasound device:
Technical heart of the practice

At this point, I must devote a little time to technology - or more precisely, to the medical technology at the heart of the practice. Because what would our prenatal diagnostics without a high-tech ultrasound machine? From the very beginning, high-level ultrasound diagnostics have been one of the central services of our [read more...]

2022-09-12T13:22:20+02:00September12,2022|Pränatal, practice, pregnancy|Comments Off on New acquisition of ultrasound machine:
Technical heart of the practice

Prenatal DNA test:
Health insurance coverage if indicated

We have been offering the non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) for trisomies 13,18 and 21 (Down syndrome) in our practice for many years. Since 1.7.2022, the costs are covered by the statutory health insurance if there is an indication and after careful consultation with the attending physician. After [read more...]

2022-12-03T13:27:21+01:00July22,2022|Pranatal, Pregnancy|Comments Off on Prenatal DNA test:
Cash benefit if indicated.

Corona Booster during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Vaccination against Covid 19 for pregnant and breastfeeding women is already recommended. Recommended since September 2021. Nevertheless, the need for counselling regarding basic immunisation and booster vaccination is still high. The worries of expectant parents and the fear of doing something wrong and harming the child [read more...]

2022-01-30T14:02:28+01:0030January 2022|General, Vaccination, Pregnancy|0 comments

STIKO recommendation: Corona vaccination for pregnant and breastfeeding women

The vaccination against Covid 19 is now recommended by the Standing Commission on Vaccination (STIKO) now also recommends vaccination for pregnant and breastfeeding women. Since pregnant women have an increased risk of a severe course of Covid 19 disease, this recommendation is good news and makes it easier for us to advise our [read more...]

2021-11-18T10:19:52+01:0023September 2021|General, Vaccination, Pregnancy|0 comments

Corona vaccination: Protect pregnant women and newborns!

Pregnant women cannot be vaccinated against the Corona virus for the time being.
The reason is simple: scientific data on the mode of action and tolerability of the Corona vaccine during pregnancy is still lacking.

Expectant mothers and children are subject to special protection and, for ethical reasons alone, are in principle not among the test subjects [read more...]

2021-09-23T10:44:49+02:007January 2021|General, Pregnancy|0 comments

Baby TV or ultrasound check?

"Baby cinema banned from 2021" - the headline is short, clear, crisp. A good headline, a real eye-catcher.

What can be read in many newspapers, magazines and online portals at the turn of the year will probably worry expectant parents. Is ultrasound so harmful that it must be banned? Are ultrasound examinations during the [read more...]

2021-03-19T09:40:01+01:0030December 2020|Pranatal, Pregnancy|0 comments

Influenza and whooping cough: Vaccinations for pregnant women

For years now, we have been offering our pregnant patients the annual vaccination against seasonal flu (influenza).
The flu vaccination is explicitly recommended for expectant mothers from the 2nd trimester of pregnancy. We have now received the first delivery of the vaccine and have started vaccinating.

New is now also the [read more...]

2021-03-19T09:50:23+01:0015September 2020|vaccination, pregnancy|0 comments

Prenatal DNA test: health insurance coverage in risk cases

The prenatal DNA test for the early detection of a trisomy (e.g. Down syndrome/trisomy 21) has been available in Germany since 2012. The discussion about whether the costs will be covered by statutory health insurance has been going on for almost as long.

The examination of the facts took a while, now it is completed:

The Joint Federal Committee (G-BA) of doctors, hospitals and health insurance funds [read more...]

2021-03-19T11:23:13+01:0020September 2019|Pranatal, Pregnancy|0 comments

The Mother's Passport Booklet: An obituary

The maternity passport was introduced in Germany in 1961. For almost 60 years now, the little light blue booklet has been in existence, in which the most important examination results of maternity care are entered. Now and then there have been one or two innovations, but on the whole the maternity passport has remained what it [read more...]

2021-03-19T16:07:02+01:003September 2019|General, Pregnancy|0 comments
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