The women's clinic is comprised of the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology. More than 900 children are born in the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist annually. Approximately 75 % of these children are spontaneously vaginally delivered and the other 25 % are born via caesarian section (23 %) or vaginal-opreative (vacuum-suction, foreceps or breech delivery) methods.

Experienced midwives supervise delivery, and are always supported by a physician team. Mothers to be have the choice of birthing positions (including water birth). We offer four birthing rooms including a delivery tub, delivery stool, round bed and a family room with water bed.

All of our rooms are arranged light and friendly and include a stereo system.

We provide fetal monitory devices with integrated telemetry.

Relaxation can additionally be assisted via rope-devices, physical therapy balls as well as aromatherapy.

Pain therapy options include Bach flower essences, acupuncture, analgesics and epidural anesthesia. Pudendal nerve anesthesia (numbing of the pelvic floor) complements these therapy options. If a cesarian section becomes necessary, we perform the "gentle" method (modified after Misgav-Ladach) in spinal, epidural or general anesthesia.

Every patient room on the maternity ward has its own shower and WC, there is also a nursery room with nursing corner and changing units. Naturally our service also includes the possibility for postpartum physical therapy, childbirth classes, baby massage and breast feeding advisory service.

It is possible to room in with your baby even 24 hours a day at your request.

A pediatrician is available on a daily basis for the nursery and to discuss possible necessary therapies with parents. If it becomes necessary to transfer the newborn (approx. 2-3 % of all births), the nearest children's hospital, Clementine-Kinderkrankenhaus, is only 5 minutes away.

The gynecological/operative ward is available to all patients with diseases of the breast and pelvis. The patient rooms on this ward also each have a shower and WC. Each patient receives an individual therapy that is discussed with her and the department chief or staff physician after previous physical examination.

Therapeutic focus lies upon operations of the female pelvic floor in the case of descensus symptoms and urinary incontinence (including TVT band, net implantation) as well as endoscopic operative techniques (laparoscopy and hysteroscopy), and especially the treatment of breast cancer and plastic breast reconstruction.

Urodynamic measurements are available as a supplemental examination method.

Outpatient operations are performed in general and local anesthesia, depending upon the health of the patient.