Having a baby in Germany - where to start?

beppi wrote:

German health insurances cover all medically necessary treatment.
Fertility and the wish to have a baby are not neccessarily among those, so be prepared to pay some or all of the cost from your own pocket

I would assume though that getting a diagnosis of possible causes of fertility problems would be covered by insurance. Maybe there is something wrong that an operation would solve. This would probably also be included. But special hormone treatments to get pregnant or artificial methods like fertilized eggs being implanted would be an optional thing that one likely might have to pay part of. Again, the experts can say best. It doesn't help much to speculate without a proper diagnosis. And one is sometimes surprised what insurance pays. Not long ago there was the question of penile implants which I was surprised to find out are also covered as having functioning sex organs - and the chance to reproduce are seen as fundamental. But best to ask the doctors instead of people on a forum.

I am including a link to an excellent site (German only) to the whole subject of fertility diagnosis/treatment, it mentions that some regions of Germany including Berlin have a special support to help people have kids. It says that the amount paid by insurance different according to many factors but the government will pay 25% of the remaining private cost.

https://www.informationsportal-kinderwu … ehandlung/