Perform a prenatal check-up

The health insurance covers the costs of early detection examinations and tests necessary during pregnancy.

Statutory prenatal care includes a detailed consultation in which your doctor asks you about personal and family illnesses, your current condition and your life situation. As part of the physical examination, weight and blood pressure are also measured and a blood and urine sample is taken.

Following the initial examination, the doctor issues the maternity record. In this, all data that are important for pregnancy and birth are noted.

After the initial examination, further checks are initially carried out at intervals of four weeks. In the last two months of pregnancy, the interval is shortened to about two weeks. The doctor checks the child's heart sounds and your weight at each appointment. Also, the hemoglobin content of your blood is monitored. In the course of pregnancy, tests for infection with hepatitis B (HBs antigen) and screening for gestational diabetes (glucose tolerance test) also follow.

Other services include an ultrasound examination in the first, second and third trimesters of pregnancy and screening for gestational diabetes.

The responsibility lies with the respective health insurance company.

• Electronic health card,
• Maternity record (issued at the initial examination)

You can appeal against the decision of the health insurance fund. If the objection is not remedied, you can file a complaint with the competent social court.

None. Services that go beyond adequate, appropriate and economical care are not paid for by the health insurance fund.