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Dr. Linda Tamme is a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology practising in Vienna’s 2nd district. Consultations can be held entirely in English – not in fragments, but properly, which matters in a field where the difficult things are hard enough to say in your own language.

Contraception

Advice on every method and how to use it: the combined pill, progestogen-only pills, the vaginal ring, the patch, the three-monthly injection, hormone-free methods and – the practice’s particular focus – intrauterine devices.

Two numbers decide how reliable a method is: the failure rate with perfect use and the one with typical use. For the pill they differ by a factor of more than twenty. The contraception comparison shows both, along with hormone content, duration, effort and cost.

Coils and IUDs

Fitting of hormonal coils (Jaydess, Kyleena, Mirena) as well as copper and gold coils. The process has two appointments: first a consultation with ultrasound, wet mount and swabs, then the fitting itself. That separation is the reason the procedure is quick and as comfortable as it can be. Details and prices are on the page IUD & coils.

Pregnancy care

Confirmation of pregnancy and the examinations of the Austrian Eltern-Kind-Pass (parent-child passport, still widely called Mutter-Kind-Pass): the five obstetric examinations, the ultrasound scans and the laboratory tests. The glucose tolerance test takes at least two hours and is not done at this practice – it is carried out by appointment at a laboratory, and some GPs offer it as well. Since 1 October 2026 public insurance reimburses a fourth scan shortly before the birth. A 3D image is not medically necessary and depends on how the baby is lying: if it comes easily, you get one as a treat – but it cannot be promised.

If you have recently moved to Austria, this booklet matters financially as well as medically: without complete documentation within the prescribed time windows, the child care benefit is reduced. The maternity passport planner works out every window from your due date and exports them to your calendar.

Screening and cancer prevention

The annual gynaecological examination with palpation, ultrasound of the uterus and ovaries, and breast examination, together with the cervical smear – at every check-up and at every age. An HPV test is added when the smear is abnormal, and is then covered by public insurance. As a routine screening test without an indication it is not covered: it can be done at any time on request, but you pay for it yourself. The general laboratory values – blood count, blood sugar, blood lipids, thyroid – belong to the health check at your GP, which is the only setting in which public insurance covers them.

Which examination applies at your age, and what public insurance covers, is set out in the screening planner.

Fertility and cycle

Preparation before pregnancy: checking rubella immunity and vaccinating if needed – this is not possible once you are pregnant. Thyroid function, iron and vitamin D. Folic acid, beginning four weeks before conception rather than after: the neural tube closes at a point when many women do not yet know they are pregnant.

Alongside this, cycle diagnostics: whether and when ovulation happens, and when further investigation makes sense. You can work out your fertile window yourself beforehand.

Menopause

Assessment and treatment of menopausal symptoms. The important step is separating the three domains – somatic, psychological and urogenital – because the treatments differ: hot flushes respond reliably to hormone therapy, vaginal dryness to a local treatment that barely enters the bloodstream, and changes of mood can have several causes at once and may call for psychotherapeutic assessment and support elsewhere. The menopause score puts numbers to it.

Cycle disorders and infections

Heavy, prolonged, frequent or absent bleeding, intermenstrual bleeding and painful periods. Common causes are fibroids, polyps, thyroid dysfunction, polycystic ovary syndrome or endometriosis – all of them treatable, and none of them something to be endured.

Assessment and treatment of discharge, itching and burning: thrush, bacterial vaginosis, chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections.

Vaccination advice

Gardasil 9 against human papillomavirus – free in Austria from the age of 9 up to the 21st birthday. It is recommended up to the 30th birthday, though self-funded from 21 on – and possible later still, if you want it. Shingrix against shingles. And the question of which vaccinations belong before a pregnancy and which are recommended during one.

First appointments for young women

A first visit to a gynaecologist does not have to include an examination. It can be a conversation – about your cycle, contraception, the HPV vaccine, or whatever is on your mind. What is examined is your decision.

What the practice does not do

This is not an emergency service and not a maternity hospital. For acute problems outside the opening hours of the private practice, contact the nearest hospital with a gynaecology department. In Vienna the medical on-call service is reachable on 1450, the ambulance service on 144.