If you think finding an apartment in Berlin is difficult, wait until you need to find a midwife!
The advice your doctor gives you is to send about 30-50 emails to all midwives in your area and hope that one will answer back and have a place for you and your growing family.
You want a tip?
There is a midwife who will help you out whether she does or does not have place for you individually, and her name is Jutta Wohlrab. Jutta is a midwife and yoga teacher with special training in acupuncture, homeopathy and hypnotherapy. She combines her knowledge of the traditional medical approach with a holistic understanding of birth.
Certified as a midwife in Germany in 1986, Jutta has worked in hospitals in Germany, New Zealand and Australia. She supports women through pregnancy and helps to facilitate natural birth or any kind of birth you want or need; Jutta is also qualified to assist in more complicated situations and with high-risk pregnancies.
You name it, she does it! Pre-natal, post-natal, acupuncture, birthing courses, hypnobirthing and a lot of love and experience with crazy preggos and their lovely babies.
I met Jutta through doing her birthing course ´Happy Birthing Days`, after which I received her book of the same name. I completely fell in love with her and her art of midwifing and saw her many many times after the course.
Her Hypnobirthing course absolutely saved me during my 64h long labor. Not one time did I feel like I cannot do it. It was as if she was with me in the delivery room all the time! I cannot recommend this wonderwoman enough, and here was my experience with some of her offers:
Birthing Course ´Happy Birthing Days´
– when your doctor tells you that you need to do a birthing course you ask yourself why would you need to do something like that when giving birth is something that ´all our mothers did before us´. Guess what – it makes a huge difference! Scary idea of sitting 16h in two days in front of your computer and learning about giving birth sounds mortifying. Until you meet Jutta. And she makes you feel like you can do anything. She makes you feel excited to meet your baby and start your new chapter. This course is covered by your health insurance!
Happy Birthing Days Book – if you cannot participate in the course for some reason, or you want to give a present to your best friend soon to give birth in your home country, get the book – it´s available on amazon and your friend will thank you greatly
Acupuncture – about my week 36 I started going to Jutta for acupuncture. I must say I’m a huge fan of acupuncture in general, and having this to calm down, get my baby into her right position and similar was such a blessing in those last few weeks. The best part actually happened after Mia was born – I visited Jutta for acupuncture to pick up my milk supply, and I must say that the results were insane! My milk supply increased so greatly that I absolutely swear by this.
Hypnobirthing – Hypnobirthing is a pain management method, meant to help pregnant mothers during labor and birth. The technique combines hypnosis for birth and mindfulness, to eliminate any fears and doubts related to birth, giving pregnant mothers the confidence needed to turn childbirth experience into a positive one. This method encourages the mothers to apply techniques, such as relaxation, visualization, deep breathing, and positive thought, to achieve its purpose.4 sessions in 4 weeks made absolute wonder for my actual labor. This is a workshop which Jutta offers as she is qualified Hypnotherapy Coach and NLP trainer and I must say that hypnobirthing and this workshop made me absolutely love the complete experience of birth. I was practicing it throughout my whole labor and I can only say that it made the experience completely different to those horror stories you get to hear.
Recovery Gymnastics – 6 weeks after the labor you are ready to get your body moving again and recover those muscles. Jutta ( of course! ) also offers a recovery gymnastics program of 8 weeks. Mix of yoga and strength training helps you to get back on your feet and feel strong and ready to conquer your new baby world! I must say I loved feeling connected to other moms ready to feel strong again,and participate in a class every Monday with your baby next to you. Recovery was rapid!
Mama De Luxe – if you want to get a premium service, get absolutely insanely pampered during your pregnancy, labor and postnatal care, this is the package for you! This literally includes everything your heart wishes for. You will be covered on every possible question and wish you could have.
If you are pregnant, or wanting to start your family, do yourself a favor and get in touch with Jutta. I am writing this simply because she has helped me so greatly and I would seriously recommend her to everyone!
Happy birthing!!!
