“Children should be born safely!” This is one of the central concerns of the Deutscher Hebammenverband, the largest German midwives’ association with over 20,000 members. The emotional and health well-being of mother and child has a decisive influence on a successful beginning as a new or extended family. How pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period are dealt with in a society is everybody’s business.

As a representation of the interests of employed and freelance midwives, midwifery teachers, scientists, family midwives, midwife-led facilities and midwives-to-be, the DHV wants to help shape a humane birth culture. We want to enable as many women as possible to have a “normal birth”, without technical interventions, but with a lot of human attention, because: It’s all about the beginning!