Just wanted to add, we airfreighted all our goods from Australia - it was 25% more expensive than sea-freight, but it arrived when we did and was delivered to our apartment as soon as we had the keys... including all our 'essentials' for three kids..

Oh, and definitely buy extra underwear (maternity bras) and all those kinds of things...shopping for decent bras is a pain at the best of times, let alone in a new country, a new language, and pregnant (or with a tiny baby)...

With my first bubs I stayed in hospital 36 hours, with my second less than 24, and my third was a homebirth - the midwives came to me!

Also, I note that there is a home visiting system here in Switzerland ? - in Sydney, Australia, we only got that if we went home within 48 hours of the birth, then a midwife would visit if you wanted, every day to day 10 if needed...or you could do the daily checkup by phone if you didn't need them to visit that particular day...