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Maternity Clinic at St. Joseph-Stift

Are you full of anticipation and looking forward to the birth of your child? At St. Joseph-Stift, we support you in making this wonderful event a truly special experience.

As a Baby-Friendly Maternity Clinic (WHO/UNICEF Initiative, certified since 2011, learn more here), we are committed to fostering a strong parent-child bond and promoting breastfeeding as the optimal, natural form of nutrition. We offer modern medical care combined with a sense of security and individual attention. Our aim is to ensure a natural progression of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.

Optimal care for newborns is provided by our specialized staff in close cooperation with the Pediatric Clinic of the University Hospital – even in cases of high-risk or premature births.

Registration for Birth

Registration for Birth:
Would you like to give birth with us? Please contact us by phone about six weeks (34+0) before your due date so we can arrange a meeting to get to know each other.

Appointment Scheduling:
By phone: Tue, Thu 11.30 a.m. –12.30 p.m.

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+49 (0) 351 4440 2250

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hebammen@josephstift-dresden.de

Please bring the completed obstetrics history form with you when registering for the birth:

Obstetrics History Form

Delivery Room

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+49 (0) 351 4440 2257

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hebammen@josephstift-dresden.de

 

Postpartum Ward S2

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+49 (0) 351 4440 2230

Visiting Hours:
Daily 3.30 p.m.–7.00 p.m.

Learn more about our team here: Maternity Clinic Team

(Please note that the team page is only available in German.)

Admission and Care

From the completed 36th week of pregnancy (36+0), we welcome you to our clinic for the birth of your child. Admission for delivery and in case of pregnancy-related issues takes place in the delivery room.

If you experience signs of labor, such as regular contractions or water breaking, we recommend contacting our delivery room team by phone before heading to the clinic.

Expectant mothers may be accompanied by one person in the delivery room. Here and in our 360° virtual tour, you can get a glimpse of our facilities.

A Look into the Delivery Room

Facilities:

  • A preparation room
  • Two comfortably furnished labor rooms with a chair and double bed
  • Three delivery rooms with a delivery bed / birthing stool / birthing ball, etc.
  • One delivery room with a birthing pool
  • An integrated operating room in the delivery area

 

Around the Stay:

Our ward offers modern single and double rooms, which can be set up as family rooms upon request and if space permits.

We support you in being with your child around the clock so that you can learn to respond to your child’s needs from the start, with our help.

Facilities:

  • Modern single and double rooms equipped with a changing unit, including a heat lamp, barrier-free shower, and WC with bidet
  • Breastfeeding chairs and breastfeeding pillows available
  • Family and single rooms available (optional service on request, cost: family room €37.50 / single room €32.85)
  • Separate breastfeeding room

360° Virtual Tour

After the Birth

Visiting Hours

Our visiting hours are daily from 15.30 to 19.00. Please report directly to Ward S2.

In line with our baby-friendly concept, we kindly ask that the number of visitors is limited to two visitors per day. Children are excluded from this limit.

Thank you for your understanding!

Baby Gallery

If you wish, you can take a professional baby photo home with you in digital form at no cost.

Our trusted baby photographer – herself a mother of a young daughter – visits the ward three times a week to lovingly capture every new little citizen.

To the Baby Gallery

Care and Medical Services

For breastfeeding consultations and/or breastfeeding difficulties, we have trained lactation consultants on our team. They provide breastfeeding assistance at any time, demonstrate various breastfeeding positions, and advise you on caring for your newborn.

Women who cannot or do not wish to breastfeed are also well cared for in our maternity clinic.

Our physiotherapists will guide you through postpartum exercises. You will, of course, be involved in any examinations by the pediatricians or other medical procedures for your child. If there were any particularities during the birth, a discharge examination of the mother, including an ultrasound, will be conducted.

Thanks to our cooperation with the University Hospital Dresden, excellent pediatric care is always ensured.

  • During the day – including weekends – pediatricians are always available in the delivery room to care for newborns; in the evenings and at night, they are on call.
  • The pediatric examinations U1 and U2 are performed by the pediatricians on the postpartum ward.
  • Initial care of the newborn by obstetricians, anesthesiologists, pediatric nurses, and midwives is always provided.

 

Discharge

After a natural birth, you can stay on our postpartum ward for three days; after a cesarean section, for four days. The earliest possible discharge is six hours after birth. During this time, we will support you with tips and active guidance in caring for your child, especially with breastfeeding and diapering.

We recommend that you arrange for further postpartum care for your family by a midwife, with whom you should establish contact early in your pregnancy.

Find a midwife for postpartum care and follow-up

Additional Services

Frequently Asked Questions