# Before the birth
Even when planning your family and during pregnancy, there are services you can use and preparations you can make.
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You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it, for example, for a marriage or for another official act? Then you can apply for the issuance of a birth certificate.
You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it for a marriage or other official act, for example? Then you can apply for a printout from the birth register.
If you need proof of birth for submission to foreign agencies, you can apply for a multilingual birth certificate.
Sie haben das alleinige Sorgerecht für Ihr Kind und brauchen eine Bescheinigung (Negativbescheinigung) darüber? Hier erfahren Sie mehr.
If you want to have an abortion and cannot bear the costs yourself, you can apply for cost coverage by the statutory health insurance under certain conditions.
If you have a child, you can apply for child benefit.
If you as parents earn enough income for yourself, but your income is not enough or only just enough for the whole family, you can apply for the child supplement.