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 to hear real, personal, raw birth stories. Available on all major podcast platforms. This podcast is in seasons; during an active season, episodes will be released weekly.
Episodes
10 episodes
Agata: Five Unmedicated Hospital Births- Motherhood, Creativity and Transformation
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 met her German husband in the UK...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:13:29
Karina: The Most Empowering Thing I've Ever Done Was Give Birth- Unmedicated Hospital Birth.
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 mother from Poland partnered with...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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54:33
Belén: Birth Centre to Hospital Birth- Making Birth Choices with Confidence
Belén's resources are below this description. 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 chan...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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56:46
Ashley: Finding Peace in the Process- The Layers of Building a Family Through IVF
Ashley's comprehensive resources are below this description. 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:03:12
Rossana: Birth Centre to Hospital Transfer. A Journey into the Unexpected
Rossana's resources are below this description.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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:01:40
Delia- Four Home Births: Trust, Transforming Fear and Birthing on Her Own Terms
Delia's resources are below this description.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 navigati...
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Episode 5
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1:11:12
Mihaela- breech birth: Positive, self-determined and empowering breech birth experience.
Resources from Mihaela under this descriptionMihaela 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, Sw...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:10:56
Elli- From fear to trust: Two babies, two different experiences.
Resources follow this summaryEllie 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. Throug...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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54:09
Mona- From Initial Disappointment to Empowerment: Reframing the Cesarean Birth Experience. 3 planned cesarean births, recovery, self-advocacy, breastfeeding and more.
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 o...
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Episode 2
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43:02
Dipal- one birth in India, one in Switzerland. Navigating cultural differences, bilateral clubfoot and the transformation to motherhood
Resources mentioned in this episode at the bottom of this summaryDipal shares her powerful birth experiences in India and Switzerland, highlighting cultural differences between healthcare systems while navigating a bilateral clubfoot dia...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:09:41