Midwife care for miscarriages after the 18th week of pregnancy
Women who suffer a miscarriage after 18 weeks of pregnancy will be entitled to midwifery support. This long-awaited change will come into force on 1 September 2024 and is a significant extension of the existing legislation. In future, women will be able to easily contact a midwife.
Multilingual information on midwifery care
Pregnancy, birth and the first weeks with the baby – information in different languages
Pregnancy/birth/baby | Hamilelik/doğum/bebek | Nosečnost/rojstvo/dojenček | Nosečnost/porod/dojenček | Вагітність/пологи/дитина | grossesse/naissance/bébé | embarazo/parto/bebé
midwives in schools
Midwives use appealing materials, themed games and exciting experiments to give children and young people a natural approach to the topics of pregnancy, experiencing the baby in the womb, becoming parents, birth and the postpartum period.
One-to-one care during giving birth
The Austrian Midwives Association (ÖHG) calls for reliable one-to-one care during childbirth, meaning reliable framework conditions for guideline-compliant care of woman and child during birth. As soon as a woman enters the active opening phase of childbirth, she should be cared for by a midwife who exclusively takes care for this one birth.
Videos on midwifery work
Postnatal care, breastfeeding, the mother-child pass counselling session and the demand for one-to-one care during childbirth – the ÖHG has produced short videos on these topics for use on social media.
You can also find the videos, which provide information about the competences and services of midwives, here on our website.
Press - current information
Current ÖHG press releases + figures on midwifery work in Austria (employed self employed midwives, midwives with health insurance contracts, etc.)
Austrian Midwives Association (ÖHG)
Welcome to the website of the Austrian Midwives Association!
The Austrian Midwives Association (ÖHG) is the official body representing the profession of all 2.800 midwives in Austria, encompassing all of the 2.800 midwives in Austria regardless whether they work in an institution or as self-employed midwives.
Here you will find information about the ÖHG and about midwifery in Austria. Midwives can also log into the midwifery portal with their access data and obtain information and documents for their midwifery work.
Parents will find a midwife search with contact details and the range of services offered by self employed midwives in Austria as well as the most important information on pregnancy, birth, postpartum, breastfeeding and life with the baby.
News
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