Around 3,000 children are born in our clinic every year. A large number - many small individuals. And each time a major event in the life of a family. We would like to accompany you individually through this exciting time - at the highest medical level and in a cosy atmosphere. Our experienced team of midwives, gynaecologists and paediatricians is there for you around the clock and offers you a high level of safety - through competent care and as a perinatal centre of the highest care level (Level 1).
Regardless of whether you have a normal pregnancy or, for example, a breech presentation, whether you are expecting one or more children, or whether you have already had a caesarean section - we will work with you to find the best way forward in every situation.
If you have any complaints or the onset of labour pains, you can come to us at any time without making an appointment by telephone. It is not necessary to register in advance for the birth.
Our obstetrics in the film
Current regulations for visitors and accompanying persons
Visits to the wards:
- For fathers and partners: daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Visiting times for siblings, relatives and friends: daily from 3 pm to 6 pm
- Two visitors per patient are permitted during visiting hours. Visitors can take turns.
- These visiting times allow patients and mother-child pairs sufficient rest, sleep and a good start to breastfeeding.
Accompanying persons for birth, elective procedures in obstetrics (e.g. external labour, caesarean section) and outpatient appointments in gynaecology and obstetrics:
- One accompanying person is permitted.
Please do not come to the clinic as a visitor or accompanying person if you have symptoms such as a cough, fever, shortness of breath or other cold symptoms.
Contact & Appointments
Appointments and requests for findings:
Mon to Fri: 09.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 15.00
In an emergency or for urgent matters, you can reach us outside these times by calling 0731 500-58630.
If problems and concerns arise during the course of your pregnancy, we are one of the largest and most experienced perinatal centres in Germany with the highest level of care (Level 1). We - and you in particular - benefit from the well-established cooperation with your gynaecologist and other specialist departments at the University Hospital. We work particularly closely with the directly adjacent paediatric clinic. Experienced paediatricians and neonatal specialists are available around the clock as highly competent specialists for the care of premature babies and sick newborns.
Our cooperation with the other perinatal centres in East Württemberg is groundbreaking throughout Germany: within the neonatology working group, we can guarantee highly specialised care in the first weeks of life for the smallest of premature babies (before 26 weeks of pregnancy) in Ulm. As soon as the first, often worrying period is over, these children can continue to be cared for close to home.
A comparison of our treatment results can be found at www.perinatalzentren.org.
Your gynaecologist and midwife will provide you with competent care during your pregnancy. They have a lot of experience in prenatal care and know you very well. This is why they are your first and most important contacts for questions and problems. Sometimes there are risks to a successful pregnancy or problems occur. This is rarer and usually less serious than feared. This is where we come in: together and in consultation with your gynaecologist, we look after you and your child. We are specialists in this field and have a wealth of experience.
- Offers
- Antenatal outpatient clinic
- Pregnant women with special risks
- Outpatient management for premature rupture of membranes at term
- Prenatal medicine
Our services during pregnancy:
- Assistance with problems during pregnancy (together with your gynaecologist)
- On request: registration for the birth, counselling and preliminary discussion
- Prenatal diagnostics and therapy
- Guided tours of the delivery room
- Information evenings for expectant parents
- Breastfeeding preparation courses
The current dates for information evenings and breastfeeding preparation courses can be found at Events.
Pregnancy and childbirth are not illnesses - which is why you do not normally have to present yourself to us before the birth.
But sometimes there is something special:
- a pregnancy diabetes
- high blood pressure
- concerns about the growth of the child
- a previous caesarean section
- and much more.
In these cases, your gynaecologist will advise you to visit our antenatal clinic. Together we will discuss your situation and how to proceed. This will give you the security you need for the rest of your pregnancy and for a successful birth.
Counselling for pregnant women with special risks
A serious illness can have an impact on a pregnancy. These include, for example, a maternal heart or lung disease, a rheumatic disease or many more. Even if significant complications have occurred in a previous pregnancy, this will affect a subsequent pregnancy. Pregnancy-related illnesses can also occur at any time during pregnancy.
In these cases, specialised advice and, if necessary, co-care is important - often even before pregnancy. This requires a lot of time and expertise. This is possible in the Consultation for pregnant women with special risksby Prof Dr Frank Reister (Head of the Obstetrics Section).
Many pregnant women experience a loss of amniotic fluid before the onset of labour, i.e. a so-called 'premature rupture of the membranes'. These women are admitted to our clinic for further care. Often, labour begins within a day, or we recommend induction of labour during the course of the pregnancy.
If this situation occurs at the end of the pregnancy (i.e. from 37 weeks' gestation), complications are very rare. For this reason, we would now like to offer you so-called 'outpatient care' in the event of premature rupture of the membranes.
How do we proceed?
- As before, you should come to us when you start to leak.
- We will carry out a CTG and ultrasound scan and take a blood sample.
If all findings are normal and there are no particular risks for you, we will offer you the opportunity to spend the next 24 hours in your home environment.
What happens next?
- You should come to us immediately if you go into labour or if there are any abnormalities (we will explain this to you in detail).
- After 12 hours we would like to check on you again.
After 24 hours you will be admitted to us as an inpatient. It is then usually advisable to induce labour. We will then discuss this with you again.
Prenatal diagnostics and therapy
The vast majority of pregnancies proceed without complications and so prenatal ultrasound often helps to allay any fears regarding the pregnancy.
If, contrary to expectations, abnormalities are discovered, it is very important to us to inform the parents-to-be about the possibilities and limitations of modern prenatal diagnostics and therapy, to provide counselling and to look after them together with our colleagues in private practice.
You can find detailed information on prenatal diagnostics and therapy here.
A natural birth under safe and harmonious conditions is the best way for a child to come into the world. We would like to support you in this - even and especially in special circumstances, such as a breech presentation, twins or if you have already had a caesarean section. Sometimes, however, a caesarean section is the better option. And here, too, we support you - so that this birth is as natural as possible.
As natural as possible and as safe as necessary
We have an experienced team of midwives, gynaecologists, anaesthetists and paediatricians on site around the clock. We can therefore offer every expectant mother the highest level of safety - and at the same time cater to their individual needs and wishes. Many expectant mothers appreciate the security provided by the close proximity to the paediatric clinic with its premature and neonatal ward.
Come to us if:
- You have strong and recurring contractions,
- you are leaking fluid,
- a haemorrhage occurs or
- your baby is moving less or differently than usual.
But even if you are worried - for whatever reason - please do not hesitate to seek advice and help from us.
If you come to our antenatal clinic for an appointment, please first register at the gynaecological clinic's patient reception. However, if you come to us for the reasons mentioned above, please go directly to the delivery room - registration can wait.
In the delivery room, we will take a CTG (cardiotocography) to check how your baby is feeling. We will examine the cervix and carry out a short ultrasound scan to check the position and estimate the weight of your baby.
We will then discuss your situation and decide together how to proceed. Depending on the stage of labour, we will continue to care for you in one of our delivery rooms.
Our five birthing rooms offer you the atmosphere for a harmonious birth experience. The delivery room area is spacious. Our birthing rooms are modern, cosy and yet functional. Even more important than the rooms, however, are the people who work in them: our team works passionately to ensure the most natural birth possible.
Only in a few births do serious problems occur. We are also well prepared for these situations. A fully equipped and ready-to-use operating unit is available directly in the delivery room. The paediatricians can also treat several children requiring intensive care at the same time directly in the delivery room.
Most importantly, however, due to the large number of women who entrust themselves to us, we have a particularly wealth of experience - also and especially in the case of rare complications. Our competent team of midwives, gynaecologists and paediatricians is there for you around the clock and offers you a high level of safety.
Premises
- Five birthing rooms with the latest technical equipment
- A further six rooms with facilities for labour support
- Several relaxation bathtubs
- Operating theatre for caesarean sections
- Birth tub for water birth
Birth positions
We would like to motivate you to find the right position for you during labour and birth. And we will support you in adopting them. A birthing stool or birthing bathtub (also for water births), for example, are helpful here. Movement and relaxation are particularly helpful in the first phase of labour. Active sitting on a Pezzi ball or holding on to a wall bar are often perceived as pleasant, as is a relaxing bath. And even with an epidural, you can still get enough exercise.
In the midwife delivery room, the focus is on individual and self-determined support for normal spontaneous labour. You can find more information here.
If necessary, we will alleviate your labour pain with the appropriate measures for you. Anaesthesia close to the spinal cord (epidural anaesthesia) is generally possible for 24 hours; if necessary, the time until the onset of the effect can be bridged with pain-relieving therapies. In addition to our extensive experience, we are guided by the latest scientific findings and also use complementary methods such as homeopathy and acupuncture.
Pregnant women in emergency situations can give birth to their child confidentially and safely in our clinic. During the pregnancy and afterwards, they receive advice, support and assistance from pregnancy counselling centres.
Help and further information
- The help hotline "Pregnant women in distress - anonymous & safe"(0800 4040020) is available free of charge around the clock.
- Further information and online counselling: www.hilfetelefon-schwangere.de
Regional advice centres
Personal and, if desired, anonymous counselling and support from regional counselling centres:
- Catholic pregnancy counselling of Caritas Ulm
www.caritas-ulm.de - Counselling centre for pregnancy and family planning Ulm
www.schwangerschaftsfragen.de - Catholic counselling centre for pregnancy issues Neu-Ulm
www.skf-augsburg.de - Donum Vitae Counselling Centre Neu-Ulm
www.neu-ulm.donum-vitae-bayern.de - Frühe Hilfen City of Ulm
City of Ulm - Frühe Hilfen
Hold your child in your arms and enjoy the first few moments together in a calm and harmonious atmosphere. Warmth and skin contact make the transition to a new environment easier for your child - your baby will therefore feel most comfortable if you place it on your stomach as early as possible (known as bonding). It can hear your heartbeat, feel your skin and smell your scent. During this time, we will check on your and your baby's well-being. After the placenta has been delivered, any birth injury will be treated. However, this is often not necessary.
Two to three hours after the birth, we usually transfer mother and child to their room on the postnatal ward, which of course also offers rooming-in. This means that your child can stay with you during your entire stay in our clinic. During your stay in our clinic, we will be on hand in the days following the birth to give you tips on breastfeeding and nappy-changing, as well as on hygiene and postnatal recovery.
You will be discharged on the 2nd or 3rd day after the birth, depending on how the labour progresses. Ideally, you will then be looked after at home by a freelance midwife who will support you in word and deed. Please contact a midwife during your pregnancy.
You can find more information about your inpatient stay here >>>
Our services after the birth:
- Personalised care on our postnatal wards with mainly second bed rooms
- Family rooms subject to availability
- Rooming-in around the clock
- Paediatric examination of the newborn (e.g. the so-called U2, which can be carried out 48 hours after birth)
- Instructions and advice on baby care
- Breastfeeding instructions and advice from our expert team
- Early postnatal gymnastics with instruction from our physiotherapy team
- Registration of the birth at the registry office
