Swiss Birth Stories
Our mission is to share diverse birth stories from across Switzerland in a way that empowers the storyteller. We aim to create a supportive space where each person is in control of their own narrative. By recording and sharing birth stories in Switzerland, we hope to inspire those planning their own birth, offer insights for birth workers, or allow listeners to reflect on their own birth experiences. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts to hear real, personal, raw birth stories.
Bree: Two Hospital Births in Geneva, Building Your Support Team Before You Need It, a Husband’s Cancer Diagnosis in Pregnancy, and Finding Courage
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“Do I want to have regrets just because I’m not able to face my fear?” Bree takes us through her two births, the Accompagnement Global midwife program at HUG sh...
Katie: Two Unmedicated Water Births at Triemli in Zurich, Midwife-Led Care and Feeling Strong Postpartum
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Katie’s two midwife led births at Triemli Stadtspital in Zurich share a surprising thread: both times, a skilled and observant midwife noticed what was standing between baby and th...
Alexandra: Pregnancy as an Athlete, Long Labour, Unplanned Cesarean Birth and Postpartum Recovery in Switzerland
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Alexandra, a footballer who moved to Bern six years ago, shares her pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience just seven weeks after having her son. She explains how she chose...
Jessica: Matrescence, 1 Birth Centre and 1 Home Birth in Switzerland
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Matrescence is the profound physical, emotional, and psychological transition of becoming a mother and it's a big focus of everything we do at Swiss Birth Stories, but it's also...
Anna: Two births, breech pregnancy, unplanned cesarean birth, VBAC
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Anna, a Swiss mom living in Zurich, shares two very different birth stories of her two daughters. Pregnant soon after deciding to try, she miscarried, then conceived again and...
Kaitlin: From Textbook to the ICU. Preeclampsia, HELLP, and Finding Your Footing Postpartum
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Her pregnancy is “textbook” until a routine late-pregnancy check reveals high blood pressure and protein in urine, and suddenly every day feels like a decision point. We’re joined by Kai...
Valentina: Hyperemesis, Sibling Bonds, Induction, Home Birth Transfer, Breast Feeding, Tandem Feeding and Knowing Your Rights.
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Born on a tiny river boat in Colombia during a tropical storm, Valentina grows up across continents and later lands in Switzerland working in maternal health and gender equity. Then pregnancy hits and theory becomes real. Hyperemesis gravidarum leaves her...
Lisa: From Recurring Loss to Hard Choices to Motherhood. A Rare Diagnosis, Donor Egg IVF Across Borders, and a Birth That Tested Every Limit.
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What an episode. When Lisa is told again and again that her recurring miscarriages are “just bad luck,” she knows that's not it. She follows her intuition, pushes for deep...
Giulia: Long Labour, Unplanned Cesarean Birth and A Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's Disease
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Wow, what a story. You will want to stick around for the postpartum discussion and her incredibly brilliant moment which left not a dry eye on the recording that...
Kateryna: Choosing Home Birth in Switzerland
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What happens when a healthcare system’s “just in case” meets a mother’s calm, clear questioning: “what’s actually happening right now?”, "How is my baby doing?"
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Emily: From Infertility due to PCOS to Joy, Support and Healing.
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After five years of trying, Emily and her husband's fertility journey ends not with another treatment cycle, but with an act of surrender and faith. And then, a positive...
Ana: A Heart-Shaped Uterus, Walking Epidural and Finding Her Power
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A clear plan helps, but the real story begins when birth asks you to adapt. Anna joins us from Zurich to share how she chose motherhood on her own...
Diana: 2 Births in Zurich- A Fast First Hospital Birth And A Taxi Delivery For Her Second Baby
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What happens when labour quickly goes from quiet to unstoppable and the only “birth room” around has four doors and a meter running? We sit down with Diana, a Braz...
Sara: The Power Of Words, Choices and Care. Two Different Births, One in Denmark, Another in Switzerland.
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Sara is a researcher and doula in Zurich.
What if the difference between a hard birth and a healing one was a few well-chosen words, a handful...
Andrea: What If Your Second Birth Rewrites Your First? How A Fast First Labour, Postpartum Hemorrhage, And Hashimoto’s Led To An Empowered Second Birth
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A birth can change your life. Two births can change your map. Andrea, a teacher and author living in Lenzburg AG, opens up about a first labour that moved...
Ladina: Continuity Of Care, Sibling Bonds, And The Unexpected. Two Different Birth Experiences at Triemli in Zurich.
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Plans rarely survive contact with labour, and that’s exactly where this story shines. We sit down with Ladina, a Swiss parent who grew up in the US and Br...
Henar: A High-Risk Label Rewritten By A Tenacious Mother- Informed Choices, Type 1 Diabetes, and an Unplanned Cesarean Birth
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This episode is a must listen for every pregnancy. Henar's story of finding answers, self-advocacy, hard work and tenacity, as well as leaning in when things went differently than...
Joanna: Rethinking Authority, Confidence and Where We Give Birth. One Hospital Birth in Poland and One Home Birth in Switzerland.
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Joanna is a small business owner living in Glarus with her family. She owns Moon and June, a non-alcoholic apertif made in Switzerland.
A decade can change...
Maggie: How A Planned Twin Cesarean Became A Grounded, Joyful Birth And A Gentle Postpartum
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Maggie Wyss, PhD, is a researcher, writer, and international health expert exploring the intersection of gender, health, and society. Her work is centered on how women navigate complex decisions...
Kristina: Pandemic Pregnancy to Empowered Parenting: Resilience, Gentle Support and Connection
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If you’re craving a nuanced, practical take on birth, breastfeeding, and entrepreneurship/work- light on dogma, big on real-life problem-solving then this is the story for you.
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Josefina: How an unplanned NICU Journey Reshaped a Mother’s Identity, Priorities and Voice. Preeclampsia, Premature Birth and the Slow Bloom of Bonds.
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Josefina is a certified pre- and post-natal yoga teacher and a pregnancy and postpartum corrective exercise specialist (PCES) living in Appenzell, Switzerland.
The plan sounded elegant: move...
GĂĽlkiz: Fast Labour, Birth House, Redefining "Doing It Right" Postpartum
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A wrong email address reshaped an entire birth story. We sat down with a scientist‑mum, Gülkiz, whose path wound from Berlin’s buzz to Zurich’s quiet trails...
Johanna: The Birth That Changed Everything - When Pain Transforms into Purpose
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The journey to motherhood transforms us in ways we never expect. For Johanna, an Australian expat living in Switzerland, what began as a dream-come-true pregnancy turned into a birth...
Marie: What Happens When You Listen - A Journey Through Movement and Motherhood
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What happens when careful preparation meets the unpredictable reality of childbirth? Marie, an American yoga and fitness instructor living in Switzerland, takes us on her journey from visualization to...
Danielle: Finding a Way to Family - Two Births, One Birth Center to Hospital Transfer, One Birth Centre Water Birth
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What happens when your carefully planned birth center delivery takes an unexpected turn? Danielle's journey from New York to Switzerland, and from birth house to hospital and back again...
Sonja: Advocacy, Intuition, High Risk Pregnancy and the Incredible Fight to Change Her Son's Future, Once Defined by Cystic Fibrosis
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When an ultrasound technician uttered the words "his neck is sick" during a routine 12-week scan, Sonia's world tilted on its axis. What should have been a joyful glimpse...
Clare: Empowered Hospital Birth Without Pain Relief. Long Labour, Deep Sibling Bonds, Embracing Your Own Way
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Clare shares her story of giving birth to her second child in Switzerland after moving from the UK, highlighting the differences between birth systems and the beauty of sibling...
Simone: One Birth in The Netherlands, One in Switzerland. Unexpected Home Birth, Surrender and Strength.
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Simone shares her remarkable journey of giving birth to her two sons in two different countries (the Netherlands and Switzerland), revealing how cultural and systemic differences profoundly shape the...
Veronica: Beyond the Birth Plan. A Story of Resilience, Calm and a "Dream" Birth.
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Veronica shares her journey of giving birth in the midwifery led program at Stadtspital Triemli in Zurich, including a "dream birth" and a surgical repair of a third-degree tear...
Agata: Five Unmedicated Hospital Births. Motherhood, Creativity and Transformation.
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Agata, mother of five children, shares her experiences of pregnancy and giving birth at Hirslanden Hospital in Zurich with remarkable honesty, self-awareness, and optimism.
Originally from Russia, Agata...Karina: The Most Empowering Thing I've Ever Done Was Give Birth. Unmedicated Hospital Birth.
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Karina shares her empowering unmedicated birth experience at Hirslanden Clinic in Zurich, where she welcomed her daughter Amalia Luna after navigating nine months of severe pregnancy nausea.
First-time...Belén: Birth Centre to Hospital Birth. Making Birth Choices with Confidence.
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Belén shares her empowering birth journey from Argentina to Switzerland, demonstrating how informed choices and self-advocacy created a positive experience even when her birth plan changed. Her story h...
Ashley: Finding Peace in the Process. The Layers of Building a Family Through IVF.
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Ashley shares her remarkable journey through IVF, international moves, and a picture perfect birth which she was encouraged to share. Her story demonstrates how resilience, support networks, and finding...
Rossana: Birth Centre to Hospital Transfer. A Journey into the Unexpected.
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The ultimate plan-maker meets the ultimate plan-changer: motherhood. Rosanna's journey reveals what happens when our carefully crafted expectations collide with the unpredictable reality of bringing life into the world...
Delia: Four Home Births. Trust, Transforming Fear and Birthing on Her Own Terms.
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Delia shares her four powerful home birth stories that began when she was a young midwife trainee who discovered her pregnancy at 26 weeks. From catching each baby in her own hands to navigating birth as a young student, her stories exemplify trusting intuition and creating empowered experiences.
Serendipitously discovering Ina May Gaskin's "Spiritual Midwifery" as a midwifery student and how that awakened her trust in physiological birthWorking in the hospital during pregnancy as a trainee midwife and witnessing interventions that reinforced her desire for homebirthExperiencing pain-free birth by focusing on breath, trust...Mihaela: Breech Birth. Positive, Self-determined and Empowering Breech Birth Experience.
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Mihaela shares her empowering breech birth story, defying medical expectations through tenacity and informed decision-making to deliver her daughter naturally at Hirslanden Clinic in Aarau, Switzerland.
First-time mother...Elli: From fear to trust. Two babies, Two Different Experiences.
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Ellie shares her journey of giving birth twice at the University Hospital in Zurich, exploring both the emotional challenges of pregnancy and the profound differences between her two birth...
Mona: From Initial Disappointment to Empowerment. Reframing the Cesarean Birth Experience. 3 Planned Cesarean Births, Recovery, Self-advocacy, Breastfeeding and More.
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Mona, mother to three "little female dragons" - now aged 21, 16, and 7, shares her journey of three planned cesarean births in Bethesda and Kantonsp. Mona's uterus is uniquely shaped, which...
Dipal: One Birth in India, one in Switzerland. Navigating Cultural Differences, Bilateral Clubfoot and the Transformation to Motherhood.
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Dipal shares her powerful birth experiences in India and Switzerland, highlighting cultural differences between healthcare systems while navigating a bilateral clubfoot diagnosis during her second pregnancy. Through both births...
