Kreisverwaltung Bernkastel Wittlich Children Guide for Expecting and Young Parents in the Bernkastel-Wittlich District From pregnancy up to the first year of life Table of contents Important telephone numbers 4 1. Pregnancy 7 1.1 Medical and preventive services 7 1.2 Pregnancy and employment 12 1.3 Unwed parents: official steps you can take 14 1.4 Counselling services 15 1.5 Help in case of unwanted pregnancy 17 2. Birth of a child 19 2 2.1 Obstetric services 19 2.2 Counselling at the hospital 19 2.3 Family care and foster families for the support of parents 20 2.4 Essential legalities 20 3. Being young parents 23 3.1 Medical and aftercare services for mother and child 23 3.2 Help for the sick child 25 3.3 Early intervention for developmental abnormalities and children with disabilities 26 3.4 Encounters with other parents and other generations 28 3.5 Child care options 30 3.6 Active family – information for parents 30 3.7 Specialist department for family education 31 4. Financial aid and services for pregnancy and the birth of a child 33 5. Family counselling 41 6. Self-help groups for parents in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district 43 7. Social workers of the Pädagogischer Dienst (Educational Service) in the district 47 ChildrenIndex 48 Dear Expecting and Young Parents, Having a child is a great personal joy. When a child Thus young families in the first three years of their arrives, the personal living situation of young pa- child’s life receive “Elternbriefe” (Parent Newslet- rents undergoes a fundamental change. As mo- ters) from the “Arbeitskreis Neue Erziehung” (New ther and father, you bear the greatest Parenting Workgroup) (ANE e. V.) with responsibility for the new arrival. We valuable parenting tips through our want to assist and support you in mee- “Jugendamt” (Youth Welfare Office). ting this responsibility. Twice a year, the Kreisverwaltung Bern- From obstetric services to child care kastel-Wittlich District Administration options to the acknowledgement of publishes the “Familie Aktiv” (Active 3 paternity – with this current copy of Family) brochure with family education the Guide for Expecting and Young Pa- and child health offerings. This Guide rents, we want to provide you with in- for Expecting and Young Parents is also formation about counselling services, part of our child protection network’s support and help for your family in our important parent information efforts. Bernkastel-Wittlich district. The guide is available from all gynaecologists, pae- Our district launched the child protection network diatricians, midwives, hospitals and the District Ad- “Guter Start ins Kinderleben – Erziehungskompe- ministration. tenz stärken” (A good start to a child’s life – im- We hope this brochure serves as a valuable refe- proving parenting skills) in 2007. Since setting up rence and resource for you from the outset, and that the network within the scope of the model pro- it helps you answer any questions you may have. If ject “Guter Start ins Kinderleben” (A good start to a you require further information, you can put your child’s life) of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, co- trust in the employees at our Youth Welfare Office. operation structures have developed and an active Wishing you and your child all the best, interdisciplinary exchange is taking place between With kind regards, the participants in the child protection network. We want to help parents improve their parenting skills with our child protection network, which is why information for parents is a special focal point of our network activities. (Gregor Eibes) ChildrenLandrat (District Administrator) Important telephone numbers Police: 110 Notfallambulanz der Kinder- und Emergency: 112 Jugendmedizin im Verbundkran- Please provide the following information: kenhaus Bernkastel/Wittlich • Telephone number (Emergency Department of the • Name of the person concerned • Address and directions Child and Youth Clinic at the Bern- • Medications that are taken regularly kastel/Wittlich Hospital) 4 If any: What was taken in the past hour? Koblenzer Straße 91, 54516 Wittlich Emergency: 06571 15-35350 Poison control hotline: 06131 19240 Medical and dental The “Giftinformationszentrum” (GIZ) (Poison Con- on-call service trol Centre) of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and Contact the on-call service if you need medical as- Hesse at the “Mainz Universitätsmedizin” (Mainz sistance outside the office hours of your doctor or University Hospital) offers professional and medical dentist when there is no life-threatening emergen- advice for poisonings of any kind to all callers around cy. Information about the on-call service for your the clock under the telephone number 06131 19240 area is available (see www.giftinfo.uni-mainz.de). • from the answering service of your doctor/den- tist or Parent hotline: 0800 111 0 550 • local media, such as the municipal newsletters. • Emergency ophthalmology service: 06531 94477 Consultation hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 am – or tel.: 0180 5798999 11:00 am • Emergency dental service: 01805 065100 and Tuesday, Thursday 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm www.nummergegenkummer.de Call the parent hotline to discuss your everyday wor- ries, fears or uncertainties related to dealing with Childrenchildren, and to obtain problem-solving support. Emergency pharmacy service atricts and Early Intervention) Luxemburger Str. 144, 54294 Trier The information for the pharmacy that is currently Telephone: 0651 82861-0 on call is available: E-mail: [email protected] • From the notices posted at all pharmacies www.spz-trier.de • Through the local media • By calling 01805 258825 and providing the Bernkastel-Wittlich Branch postal code of the location Beethovenstr. 1a, 54516 Wittlich • By visiting www.lak-rlp.de Telephone: 06571 9544–0 5 E-mail: [email protected] “Schreiambulanzen” (Crying Units) Crying is the only way infants can express their Help! I am at the end of my rope needs and mental state. Massive, frequent and su- with my baby! stained crying places excessive demands on parents Please: and causes uncertainty. This can have many diffe- Do not shake your baby! Even slight shaking may be rent causes. You should therefore contact your pae- fatal for your baby. Do not lay your baby down in diatrician or midwife in such cases. Special counsel- an unsafe location! Please contact your midwife or ling services are offered by the Crying Units. paediatrician. You are also welcome to contact the “Kinderambulanz” (Paediatric Emergency De- employees of the Educational Service at the Youth partment) at Welfare Office. The Youth Welfare Office can help Verbundkrankenhaus Bernkastel/Wittlich Hos- you. You will find the telephone numbers starting pital on page 47. If you urgently need the help of the Koblenzer Straße 91, 54516 Wittlich Youth Welfare Office in the evening, at night or on Telephone: 06571 15-32715 the weekend, you can reach a Youth Welfare Office E-mail: [email protected] employee through the police. Should you find your- self in an exceptional situation, you may bring your SPZ – Zentrum für Sozialpädiatrie und Frühför- baby to the Paediatric Emergency Department at Childrenderung Trier gGmbH (Centre for Social Paedi- the hospital in Wittlich at any time. 6 Children 1. pregnancy 1.1 Medical and Bernkasteler Straße 21, 54497 Morbach Telephone: 06533 2152 preventive services Dr. med. Ursula Meiners Prenatal care Bahnhofstraße 11, 54424 Thalfang Classic homoeopathy Telephone: 06504 2110 As a pregnant woman, you are entitled to regu- E-mail: [email protected] lar medical examinations during the pregnancy. Prenatal examinations are intended to determine Dr. med. Birga Lauer 7 whether the pregnancy and development of the Im Plantert 17, 56841 Traben-Trarbach child are proceeding without complications. Your Telephone: 06541 2091 gynaecologist will coordinate any necessary mea- E-mail: [email protected] sures with you. Dipl. med. Aldo Weise Dr. med. Anja Klasen Payer: Your health insurance provider Am Bahnhof 58, 56841 Traben-Trarbach Telephone: 06541 707707 Medical specialists for E-mail: [email protected] gynaecology and obstetrics Michaela Brasch von Brauchitsch with health insurance approval Kurfürstenstraße 2c, 54516 Wittlich Telephone: 06571 5377 Peter Haas E-mail: [email protected] Karl-Binz-Weg 12, 54470 Bernkastel-Kues Dr. med. Carola Brose Telephone: 06531 972424 Himmeroder Straße 36, 54516 Wittlich Gabriele Niederprüm Telephone: 06571 96553 Gartenstraße 10, 54470 Bernkastel-Kues Dr. med. Margarete Lautwein Telephone: 06531 91300 Bachstraße 1a, 54516 Wittlich Children Dr. med. Michael Schommer Telephone: 06571 28082 Midwives Midwives in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district: Midwives are there for parents during the preg- nancy, at birth and in the course of aftercare. They Midwives on staff at Verbundkrankenhaus maintain the health of mother and child, and sup- Bernkastel/Wittlich hospital: port the mother in the time following the birth. Beate Rabeh, Services during pregnancy: Bernkastel Personal consultations, prenatal examinations, help Telephone: 06531 970127 with complaints during pregnancy, prenatal classes. 8 Julia Renner Payer: Your health insurance provider Bernkastel Telephone: 0174 9167187 Important: The services of the midwife are also very Smehen Dröschel helpful during the time after the birth. (See page Burgen 23). Each midwife can only assist a certain number Telephone: 06534 947331 of mothers. In order for the midwife of your choice E-mail: [email protected] to also support