Prenatal care in Dormagen

Prenatal care is far more than a checklist in your Mutterpass. It is the time when you should feel that someone is thinking with you – medically precisely and personally engaged. You get both here under one roof, from the earliest weeks of pregnancy to the postnatal check-up.

Pregnancy care in Dormagen: the calm your pregnancy deserves

Many women come into their first prenatal appointment with a mix of joy and uncertainty. "Is everything okay? Am I feeling enough? Was that normal?" – these questions belong here. Even when a pregnancy is medically unremarkable, questions remain — and there is room for them at every prenatal visit.

Our pregnancy care is built around one thing: that you leave each appointment a little calmer than you arrived. We explain what we see, take your concerns seriously, and put findings into context. You should feel accompanied – not processed, not lectured.

What happens in an antenatal visit – from Mutterpass to CTG

A prenatal appointment typically has three parts:

• Conversation and Mutterpass. At the first appointment we issue the Mutterpass – your most important document throughout the pregnancy. At every follow-up we record findings, check in on how you are doing, and work through anything that has been on your mind since the last visit.
• Examination, ultrasound, CTG if needed. We check blood pressure, urine and weight, palpate the uterus and the baby's position, perform ultrasound at the scheduled points and – from around 30 weeks – a CTG (contraction and heart-rate trace) when indicated.
• Interpretation and next steps. Lab results, ultrasound and your own observations are put into one picture. We say clearly what is normal, what we will keep watching, and when the next appointment should be.

Care according to Mutterschaftsrichtlinien – plus our extra: kinesiology taping

Medically we follow the German maternity guidelines (Mutterschaftsrichtlinien). That means: the three standard ultrasounds (around 10, 20 and 30 weeks), regular prenatal visits every four weeks until 32 weeks and every two weeks thereafter, the standard lab work-up (blood group, antibody screen, infection serology including rubella, HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis, chlamydia, urine status) and a diabetes screen between weeks 24 and 28.

On top of the statutory care, we offer kinesiology taping – a gentle, drug-free addition that many pregnant women find genuinely helpful for typical complaints such as lower-back or abdominal pain or a feeling of pressure in the abdomen. The elastic tapes support without restricting your movement. We apply them in your regular prenatal appointment when useful. Taping is a self-pay service.

For high-risk pregnancies, on request, we offer an extended glucose tolerance test as early as around the 12th week of pregnancy as an individual health service.

What we deliberately do not offer and where we refer you:

• First-trimester screening (NT measurement). If you would like an extended risk assessment between weeks 11 and 14, we refer you to a specialized prenatal center in Düsseldorf or Cologne.
• NIPT (non-invasive prenatal test). We do not currently offer NIPT counseling. For the actual counseling and test we refer you to a specialized prenatal center in Düsseldorf or Cologne.
• Acupuncture. Acupuncture for birth preparation is not part of our range of services. For this we are happy to recommend a midwife or a specialized practice of your choice.