Pregnancy and Childcare Allowance for the Self-Employed in Austria

Wed 03 Dec, 2025

Mutter - Kind - Pass 0:00:00 - 0:01:21
Registering for a hospital birth 0:01:22 - 0:02:39
Costs during the pregnancy, delivery, hospital stay and postpartum recovery 0:02:40 - 0:03:21

Doctor’s examinations and tests during the pregnancy 0:3:26 - 0:12:46
Delivery and hospital stay, postpartum recovery 0:12:48 - 0:16:25
Insurance types in Austria 0:16:25 - 0:7:48
Legal aspects of the pregnancy for employed women 0:17:50 - 0:19:50
Question from a quest: About the restrictions, do you also have to stop work 8 weeks before if you’re self-employed? 0:19:52 - 0:20:30
Question from a quest: ”What if we want to keep the placenta? Is it possible? 0:20:32
Presence of a partner 0:21:02 - 0:21:21

4. Administrative steps after the baby arrives. 0:21:21

Registration of the baby 0:21:22 - 0:22:12
Choosing a name 0:22:13 - 0:23:44
Birth certificate - required documents 0:23:45 - 0:26:15
Registration of the Newborn with the Social Insurance 0:26:16 - 0:28:18
Residence permit of the child 0:28:19 - 0:29:37
Custody of the child when the parents are not married 0:29:39 - 0:30:32
Acknowledgement of paternity 0:30:33 - 0:30:39
Question from a quest: I'm wondering if there’s something you suggest if you are not married, to have some kind of custody or arrangement legally drawn before the child is born? 0:30:40 - 0:31:58
Wochengeld 0:31:59 - 0:33:14
Specifics for self-employed mothers: Wochengeld 0:33:15 - 0:36:42
Specifics for mothers who are business license owners 0:35:42 - 0:36 -37
Child’s benefits 0:36:39 - 0:42:01
Maternity and child allowance & required documents 0:42:02 - 0:45:40
Income-Related Childcare Allowance 0:45:41 - 0:48:02
Flat-Rate Childcare Allowance 0:48:03 - 0:51:00
Familienzeitbonus (previously called Papamonat) 0:51:01 - 0:54: 12

SELF-EMPLOYED IN AUSTRIA