Hannah Elsche (M.A.)
- Birth Activist, Mother of three and Art therapist (with people around childbirth)
- Representative and advocate of the parental perspective
- Mother Hood e.V. (NGO)
Berlin / Germany
h.elsche@mother-hood.de
+ 49 (0) 160 300 839 9
www.mother-hood.de
twitter: @Verein_MH / @RuHannahEl1
Facebook: @motherhoodev
Instagram: @mother_hood_ev
Our aims:
Mother Hood e. V. – Federal Parents’ Initiative for the Protection of Mother and Child during Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year
Mother Hood e.V. is a registered national charity organization founded in 2015 to protect MotherBaby during pregnancy, birth and the first 1 year.
Mother Hood e.V. is advocating for safe maternity care: every woman needs to have access to a midwife during pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period (1:1 continuity model of care).
We ask for maternity services that serve the women in their own specific needs:
- Women must be free to choose their preferred pre-natal care provider, whether it be a midwife or a gynaecologist or the choice of mixed pre-natal care.
- Women must be free to choose where, with whom and how to birth their babies: at home, in a birth center, a midwife-led unit or a hospital at a reasonable distance.
- Women must be able to have a midwife for the post-natal period.
- All maternity care must be respectful.
All of these are theoretically covered by national laws, but the reality of women in Germany looks sadly different.