My birth
When I and my wishes are respected.
We attach great importance to treating every woman and her needs with respect and individuality. We take your wishes and decisions seriously and honour them. Our experienced team of midwives will support you throughout your pregnancy, birth and postnatal period with expertise and empathy. We create an atmosphere of trust and respect in which you have the freedom to experience your birth in a self-determined way.
Our baby guides
Life with a newborn brings with it many questions. The baby guides at the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist are on hand with help and advice to ensure that you are well informed and cared for before, during and after the birth of your child. Whether you have questions about applications and authorities, support for everyday life or contact with other parents, our baby guide knows what to do. You are welcome to make an appointment with our baby guide.
You can reach her by e-mail at
babylotse.heiliggeist(at)kinderschutzbund-frankfurt(dot)de or by telephone on
Telephone: 0162 - 4242 047
Our delivery rooms
With us, every expectant mother can choose her own birthing position. We offer four bright, modern rooms with a birthing tub, birthing stool and birthing bed as well as a labour room. The rooms are equipped with light therapy and scented lamps and there are hi-fi systems so that you can listen to your favourite music to relax. Water births and outpatient deliveries are also possible in our clinic.
Birth options
Outpatient delivery
If there are no medical concerns, mother and baby can go home just a few hours after the birth.
Caesarean section
The partner or a companion is of course welcome in the operating theatre to support the expectant mother.
Important
Our aim is to conduct a normal, complication-free birth according to your wishes. We endeavour to promote a natural birth process. However, you yourself determine the course of the birth and make this special experience a beautiful and unforgettable event.
Support from our midwives
In this video, the head midwife Nadine Varga will give you an insight into the birth services at the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist. The birth in our delivery room is organised under the motto "My body. My birth. - Where safety and security are in harmony". Watch the video to find out what this means for an individual birth. Hardly any other experience is as personal and dramatic as the birth of a child. It is a moment full of joy and great challenges at the same time. Where better to start this new phase of life than in a family environment? In an atmosphere where the needs of family and child are prioritised? In an environment where the staff know each other and support each other like a family? This is exactly what the obstetrics clinic at the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist offers you.
Pain therapy & bonding
Whether natural birth or caesarean section, we ensure a safe process for you and your baby in a pleasant atmosphere. Effective pain relief and the important first contact - the so-called bonding - play an important role.
Pain therapy - during and after the birth
Classic pain therapy - in addition to antispasmodic medication, we also offer walking epidural anaesthesia (local anaesthesia) to relieve pain, depending on the mother-to-be's wishes. Necessary caesarean sections are performed using the "gentle method" (modified according to Misgav-Ladach) with epidural, spinal or general anaesthesia.
Alternative pain relief - gentle methods that can be used as an alternative or supplement to traditional pain therapy:
- Acupuncture
- Pezzi balls
- Homeopathy
- massages
- Relaxing music
- Relaxation bath
- Massage oil
- Aromatherapy
- light therapy
- Heating pad
Bonding - connection right from the start
Bonding in the OR
The Hospital zum Heiligen Geist is the first clinic in Frankfurt to offer the option of bonding in the operating theatre. Pregnant women who give birth by caesarean section have the opportunity to be together with their baby immediately after the birth - previously, mother and child were initially separated. The baby is placed on the mother's body immediately after birth and held by a special sling.
Benefits for the baby:
- More stable body temperature
- More stable blood sugar level
- Reduced crying
- Less frequent occurrence of breathing problems
- Faster excretion of meconium
- Less frequent occurrence of hyperbilirubinaemia requiring treatment
- Earlier and more effective suckling
- Longer total duration of breastfeeding
Benefits for the mother:
- Protection against increased postpartum haemorrhaging
- Increased milk supply
- Better communication between mother and child
- Less postpartum depression
- Reduction in anxiety and aggression
- Reduction in sensitivity to pain
- Longer total duration of breastfeeding
Benefits for the father:
- No separation - can protect his family
- Testosterone levels higher
- Less anxiety
- Direct involvement of the father in the care and nurturing of the child facilitates the modern father role
Our team - a strong family.
The maternity clinic at the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist is a place where the family takes centre stage, where a familiar environment awaits the parents-to-be and where the team sticks together like a family.
Our range of courses
From birth preparation to baby care and baby sling school - the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist offers you informative courses and events on all aspects of childbirth.
