A pregnancy hydration drip is a saline and vitamin IV drip that some expectant mothers choose, and at mobivIVe it is only given with the approval of your own obstetrician or midwife. Our pregnancy hydration drip is The Prego Hydration. It costs R850 and takes about 45 minutes. We ask for your obstetrician’s or midwife’s approval before we book it. You can come to our lounges in Sunninghill (Johannesburg), Stellenbosch or Queenstown, or book a mobile drip so a registered nurse comes to your home or office in Cape Town or Johannesburg.
What is in it. The Prego Hydration contains saline, folic acid, vitamin B12, a B complex and vitamin C. The NHS advises a daily folic acid supplement before pregnancy and for the first 12 weeks, because it reduces the chance of a neural tube defect such as spina bifida; the drip does not replace that daily tablet. Vitamin B12 works with folate in the enzyme the body needs for DNA synthesis, and the B vitamins help turn food into energy. Vitamin C is the main water-soluble antioxidant in plasma.
Who chooses it. The Prego Hydration is chosen by expectant mothers who want a gentle hydration and vitamin top-up during a hot summer or a busy working week, once their own doctor has agreed. It is not a treatment for any pregnancy complication. Severe vomiting in pregnancy (hyperemesis gravidarum) is a medical condition: the NHS advises seeing your GP or midwife, and some women need hospital care. If you are being sick often and cannot keep food or fluids down, contact your obstetrician, midwife or a hospital, not a wellness drip.
How to book, in 3 simple steps
Book online. Choose your drip, a walk-in lounge (Sunninghill, Stellenbosch or Queenstown) or a mobile drip at your home, office or hotel, and a time online.
Medical screening. You complete a short medical questionnaire before your drip, so anything that needs extra care is picked up first.
Relax while a registered nurse gives your drip. Most drips take about 45 minutes; NAD+ is given slowly over 90 to 120 minutes.
Is the pregnancy drip right for me? We only give The Prego Hydration with the approval of your own obstetrician or midwife, and we ask for it before booking. You also complete a medical screening questionnaire, which a registered nurse reviews under the protocols of our medical director, Dr Chris van Zyl. Tell us first about any pregnancy complication, such as high blood pressure, bleeding or gestational diabetes, and about heart, kidney or liver conditions or chronic medication, and keep seeing your own doctor throughout. The nurse places a small cannula in your arm and the drip runs for about 45 minutes.
Only with the approval of your own obstetrician or midwife. At mobivIVe the pregnancy drip is called The Prego Hydration, a saline and vitamin top-up given by a registered nurse after a medical screening questionnaire. We ask for your doctor’s or midwife’s approval before booking, and it is not a treatment for any pregnancy complication.
The Prego Hydration contains saline, folic acid, vitamin B12, a B complex and vitamin C. We do not publish doses, because the recipe follows the protocols of our medical director, Dr Chris van Zyl. The drip does not replace the daily folic acid or other supplements your obstetrician or midwife recommends.
The Prego Hydration costs R850 and takes about 45 minutes, so allow roughly an hour with screening. For a mobile drip at your home or office there is a call-out fee of R400 minimum, or R150 per person for groups, within the first 15km. Remember to get your obstetrician’s approval first.
Severe vomiting in pregnancy, called hyperemesis gravidarum, is a medical condition that needs a doctor. The NHS advises seeing your GP or midwife, and some women need hospital treatment. If you are vomiting often or cannot keep fluids down, contact your obstetrician, midwife or a hospital. A wellness drip is not the right care.
Once your obstetrician or midwife has approved it, book online/book and choose our Sunninghill, Stellenbosch or Queenstown lounge, or “Your Home, Office, etc.” for a nurse to come to you in Cape Town or Johannesburg. Questions? WhatsApp us on 064 512 8018 before you book.
There is no fixed rule: it depends on your medical screening, the drip, your health and how you felt last time. Most clients book occasionally rather than on a schedule.
Medical direction: Dr Chris van Zyl mobivIVe’s IV drips are given by registered nurses after a medical screening questionnaire, under the protocols of our medical director, Dr Chris van Zyl, an HPCSA-registered medical doctor (registered as M.C. van Zyl, HPCSA reg. no. MP0287067). Last updated October 2026. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease; individual results vary. Consult your healthcare provider.
