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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 determined to have a natural birth despite baby being in breech position
• Used hypnobirthing techniques to prepare mentally and emotionally with her partner
• Faced significant pressure from medical professionals to have a scheduled cesarean birth
• Found a supportive doctor willing to support natural breech birth after changing providers multiple times
• Experienced a surprisingly fast six-hour labor despite being a first-time mom with a breech baby
• Baby was born naturally with her hand up alongside her face in the breech position
• Learned from an acupuncturist that "breech babies usually stay like that because they want to be close to the mom's heart"
• Advocates for women to be drivers of their birth experience through education and preparation
• Describes the birth as transformative and empowering, creating a new birth legacy for her daughter
• Emphasizes the importance of finding the right care provider who respects informed choice

Never give up and try to find the best place for you to give birth on your terms and never on others' terms.

Resources:

0. Julia’s hypnobirthing course (www.happydayhypnobirthing.ch) and Katharine Graves’s resources (book, instagram, free resources on her website  - https://www.kghypnobirthing.com/hypnobirthing-free-resources)

1. Herr Wenhua Zhang from TCM Stadelhofen (Zurich): expert at breech accupuncture and moxibustion

2. Dr. Müller Astrid - The Webster Technique ( chiropractic method recommended by spinning babies for pelvic alignment during pregnancy and breech positioning )

3. Susann Brun - Hebamme services (from Delphys Geburtshaus in Zurich) and her course of birth preparation through swimming exercises and water 

4. Hirslanden Klinik Aarau
https://www.hirslanden.ch/de/hirslanden-klinik-aarau/

5. The most important one: Dr med W. Stadlmayr- Geburt und Familie Aarau ( as you can see the reviews are incredible) https://g.co/kgs/H6TgcPF

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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 experiences. Through her story, she highlights the importance of advocating for yourself during labor and recognizing that babies arrive with their own unique personalities from day one.

There are a few gorgeous moments in this podcast where you can hear her little one snuggling in for a feed. We kept these moments in as it is simply real and true to the experience of interviewing Elli, which was a total delight. 

• Moving to Switzerland shortly before starting a family
• Experiencing physically easy pregnancies while struggling with the psychological aspects
• Being induced 9-10 days past estimated due date for both pregnancies
• First birth involving an epidural and the "cascade of interventions"
• Second birth progressing to intense, unmedicated labor within hours
• Advocating against an episiotomy during second birth without prior consent
• Insights on the Swiss postpartum care system
• Realizing her two children had completely different personalities from birth, and learning how to parent such different children
• The valuable midwife advice: "If it works for you, then it's okay"
• Finding perspective with her second child that everything is just a phase

Here are the resources from Elli's podcast:

Instagram:

@Karrie_Locher

@dr.maehughes

@Badassmotherbirther

Podcasts:

Informed pregnancy podcast and informed pregnancy plus (to watch birth movies) 

The birth hour

Evidence based birth 

Makes milk with Emma Pickett

External:

Christine Bliven- baby wearing!

Meal train- get your friends to bring you dinner :)

Pelvic floor training 

Baby massage to meet other moms!

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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 prevented her babies from turning naturally into the optimal birthing position. She shares how the path to planned cesarean birth did not change anything about her mothering and how they were positive experiences. 

• Initially disappointed about needing a cesarean for her first birth after picturing and preparing for a natural delivery, having to process this shift in preparation
• Advocating for immediate skin-to-skin contact with her children after discovering it wasn't automatic with cesarean birth
• Appreciating the predictability and faster recovery of planned cesarean births
• Experiencing labor contractions after she went into spontaneous labour for the first time when her third daughter decided to arrive a day before her scheduled cesarean
• Receiving excellent postpartum support from Switzerland's postpartum midwife and family services systems
• Breastfeeding all three daughters for two years
• Dealing with her partner's gender disappointment and subsequent experiencing depression after her second birth and seeking professional help
• Finding her most precious moments in the quiet hospital time alone with each newborn

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@lilybeezurich

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@swissbirthstories

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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, she demonstrates how preparation, knowledge, and supportive care providers created empowering experiences despite differing approaches to maternal autonomy and birth practices.

• First birth in Bangalore, India where episiotomies are routine, fathers are not there for the birth and birth plans are uncommon

• Finding a doctor who supported her in having the birth she wanted

• Using preparation, visualization, breathing techniques, and knowledge to prepare for labor

• Husband's active involvement breaking from Indian tradition where men aren't typically present during birth and infancy

• Bilateral clubfoot diagnosis at 16 weeks during second pregnancy in Switzerland

• Swiss healthcare providers demonstrating respect for patient autonomy and body autonomy

• Different communication styles between Indian doctors (personal, accessible via WhatsApp) and Swiss doctors (more formal but respectful)

• Successful treatment journey for bilateral clubfoot after birth

• Finding strength in supportive healthcare providers who used humor and encouragement during labor

• Managing postpartum with limited family support in a new country

You can visit her informative blog and social media here: 

www.dipalsblog.wordpress.com

https://www.instagram.com/dipalpatel18/

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