Additional services | PIP - pilot program
Free Midwife care during the pregnancy
The Hebammenzentrum offers since 2011 free pregnancy care through midwives, called “Pilotinnenprogramm”. This program is made possible and funded through a private trust.
This program contains:
- Up to 4 appointments with (the same) midwife during the pregnancy. (If you are living in Vienna, it is possible that the midwife comes home to you for 1 or 2 of those appointments)
- 1 or 2 appointments after the birth to talk about birth and life with a newborn
The Midwife ...
- Asks about your health status
- Gives information about pregnancy, birth, the time when the baby is here, breastfeeding, etc.
- Make regular screenings, like urine test, blood pressure, etc.
- Palpates the belly, feels how the baby is lying, checks the baby`s heart rate
- Has time for all your bigger and smaller questions, worries or fears
- Has also time for the father-to-be and older siblings
The first appointment is longer and include an overview for the both of you. If needed to select, we give preference to women/families who are in need of further support (socially, medical, psychological) or who can`t afford a private midwife care.
Women, who are planning on a home birth or have a private midwife accompanying them to birth in hospital, can not participate in this program. Furthermore, does this program not include any assistance during birth it self or midwife-led-care after birth at home. Although to organise a midwife for home visits after birth is highly recommended!
...to have an alternative contact person to the doctor, to discuss the pregnancy as a whole - not just the physical aspect.
I took a more relaxed approach to the birth and didn't have such a stubborn idea of what it should be like.
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