Every woman and every man have the right to advice on questions of pregnancy,
birth and family planning. If you are expecting a baby, pregnancy counseling will help you with any pregnancy and childbirth issues and will provide you with medical, social and legal information before and during pregnancy. The advice is made on request anonymous and multilingual.
Welfare and family associations, churches, social welfare offices, health authorities and doctors offer pregnancy counseling and pregnancy conflict counseling. Most counseling services are free and can be done anonymously. Often there are beside the personal advice also offers by Internet or telephone.
Consultation center in your area can be found at www.familienplanung.de/beratung/.
Consultation center in the federal state Schleswig-Holstein:
Information and consultation center in Schleswig-Holstein can be found at:
Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Youth, Family and Senior Citizens: www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/Fachinhalte/S/schwangere/schwangere_BeratungFuerSchwangere
Ärztliche Schwangerschaftskonfliktberatungsstellen
Anerkannte Schwangerschafts- und Schwangerschafts-konfliktberatungsstellen
pro familia Schleswig-Holstein: www.profamilia-sh.de/pages/beratung/beratung/schwangerschaft-und-geburt; Beratungsstellen: www.profamilia-sh.de/pages/verband/beratungsstellen
Caritas Schleswig-Holstein: www.caritas-sh.de/beratung-hilfe/soziale-beratung/beratung-fuer-frauen-familien-und-schwangere/beratung-fuer-frauen-familien-und-schwangere
Diakonie Schleswig-Holstein: www.diakonie-sh.de/landesverband/teams/beratung-zuwanderung-und-buergerschaftliches-engagement/neue-standardseite-2
The consultation is free and independent of your nationality or religion.
During pregnancy and after birth you are entitled to care by a midwife or a doctor.
As soon as you know that you are pregnant, you should go to a check-up every four week, even every two weeks from the 32nd week of pregnancy.
If a mother cannot or does not want to keep her baby after giving birth, hospitals offer anonymous birth. The mother's data are not recorded at birth, but the pregnant woman has the opportunity to give birth to her child under medical supervision. The child is either handed over to foster parents or released for adoption after an eight-week period.
Another possibility is to deliver the baby in a so-called Baby-Klappe (baby flap). The offer is anonymous, which means that the mother does not have to speak to anyone and does not have to give her name.
Baby-Klappen in Germany: http://www.sternipark.de/fileadmin/content/Babyklappen_in_Deutschland.pdf
You can obtain confidential advice and information on anonymous birth at the above-mentioned counseling centers or at www.geburt-vertraulich.de or by phone on 0800 40 40 020.