Through pregnancy, birth, and the gentle weeks after. Doula care, honest writing, and a small circle of women.
Pregnancy and birth
in Germany,in a language you understand
Welcome
Grow into motherhoodwith Birth & Mother
English closest to your heart, and a baby on the way? Then you are exactly where you should be. Welcome, lovely.
Having a baby in Germany often means piecing together answers in a language that isn't quite yours, one open browser tab at a time. Birth & Mother gathers it all into one warm place: clear, evidence-based answers in English for every stage, from your first wobbly weeks to the Wochenbett and long after. So you can close the seventeen tabs, put the kettle on, and breathe.
And when you would like more than answers, there is a doula right beside you, in person and online, plus a whole circle of English-speaking women wondering the very same things you are.
Go on, what are you looking for?
Type a word or a worry. I'll point you somewhere kind.
Where to start
Care tailoredto you
This is Birth & Mother: a calm, steady place for English-speaking families right across Germany. Brilliant, evidence-based support that actually keeps up with the times, for every twist and turn of the journey. Not sure where to begin? Honestly, who is. The questions below help you make sense of where you are, spot what you actually need, and find the support that fits.
Let me guide you through it
A few questions to help you understand what your specific situation in Germany asks of you. The easiest way in if you do not know where to begin.
Walk through the questionsOr go straight to
Guides & writing on birth in Germany
Practical pillar guides, reference essays, and printable resources for pregnancy, birth, and the weeks after. Written in English, kept current.
Open the libraryDoula care, by video and in person
Birth preparation and postpartum support by video, for families anywhere in Germany. In person around Potsdam and Berlin for the birth itself.
Explore doula careWherever you are in Germany
When you'd like totalk it through
Wherever you are in Germany, you can have a doula at your side by video. We often begin with one hour, the Orientation Consultation: we start wherever you are, work through whatever is weighing on you, and you leave with a clearer sense of your next steps. When you would like more, the same support continues, with birth preparation before and steady postpartum care after.
Orientation Consultation
€65 · 1 hour
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An open invitation
A half-hour, just to talk
Every mother here is welcome to thirty minutes with me, by video. Bring a question that has been on your mind, explore the care I offer, or simply see if we are a fit. No agenda, and nothing to pay.
Arrange your call→A gift for our launch
A little door thatopens onto your first printables
Three pocket booklets for pregnancy, birth, and the weeks after, in plain English for your Mutterpass. Part of the care Birth & Mother families receive, and a gift to open for the launch.
Emma met me where I was. Steady, honest, and quietly there through every appointment, every question, every long night.
— A mother in Potsdam
Far from home
For international women and mothersin Germany
Navigating a maternity system in a language that is not quite your own, far from the people who would usually hold you, is its own kind of hard. You do not have to do it alone. English-speaking, bilingual care for the women and mothers walking that road.
Read moreYour DownloadYour GuideBirth in Germany
Everything you need to know about the German maternity system in one place. From finding your midwife to understanding your rights, preparing for the postpartum, and what your health insurance covers. Written in clear English by someone who has been through it.
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By invitation
TheBirth & MotherCircle
The community at the heart of everything I offer: an intimate, invitation-only space. Rooms for every topic, news of gatherings and workshops, and somewhere to ask the questions you would not want to put on social media.
Kept small on purpose, so the conversations stay intimate.
Ask about the Circle