Hi Carla,

Congratulations!

You need to work out what hospital you will deliver in and they have a list of approved doctors/midwives that can attend the birth with you.

I recommend pregnancy yoga for breathing through pain.

I'm also with SanSan and they have a flyer of the maternity benefits in English though Helsana (the same).

See you sometime soon!

I will ask you for this doula if the time ever comes, since VBAC it surely will be. A zdravim krajanku. (that's hello in Czipmunk language).

ks, don't worry. I will long-term support you. Gota use all the crazy amount of experience I got with this, one way or another. And I am too busy to write a book, hahaha...Really, don't stress. I will also give you a contact if you want for a fab local midwife, a super efficient anglophone, who is really good with the regular lactation routine questions, etc.

You sould like you are a nursing expert, Frank.
Comparing Peta to LLL? In case you would like to know more about nursing without any demagogy or pointless selfrighteousness, go to kellymom.com . That's more user friendly than LLL.

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HI!, how can I find a DOULA student???

Ask these folks, I am not sure how old the info is, though.

Doula Association Switzerland
Tel: 0844 789 123
info@doula.ch
www.doula.ch

If you are already registered with a gynaecologist/OB, they may have a list of local MWs that speak your language - my one did! We attended pre-natal courses organised by an English-speaking MW and she came to visit us at home after we left the hospital. The MWs can visit you free of charge (ie covered by insurance) up to 10 days after the birth (it's not the number of visits but the number of days!), so your days in hospital count towards this. In addition you are entitled to 3 additional breast-feeding consultations (these are for up to 2 years I think after the birth), either by a MW or a BF expert.
I think most hospital have a BF consultant, that you can consult any time. If you find a MW that gives pre-natal classes to foreigners she will prob be able to point you in the direction of paediatricians that speak your language.

It's best to insure your baby before birth, esp if you want to take out complementary insurances as they are not subject to questionnaire. If you will only take basic insurance then prob less of a big deal as by law the baby will have to be insured from birth but you still have the time-frame to do it in.

If you need a place for your baby in a creche then put your name on the lists asap.

You don't need to register the baby with the gemeinde, this will be done by the hospital.

I wanted to BF but unfortunately our baby had other ideas, but I was able to rent a machine from the hospital. It's very hard if you want to do it and it's not possible. In the hospital I had to call the MWs every time for help when I wanted to feed, and at home with every feed turning into a fight, I decided to express my milk and feed with a bottle instead. Although BF is natural, it's not easy to get it right and getting it working is also not just dependent on Mum but on baby as well. My experience has being that we all have ideas about how we want the birth to be and how we will manage the baby after, but things don't always go to plan and so the best is to be informed about every possibility and go with an open mind.

Thanks a lot !! It is very great info.