THE ASSOCIATION "Naître chez soi"

We are a group of midwives who support and facilitate home births in and around Geneva, and have been doing so for a few years. Since 2022 we regularly come together as part of our Quality Committe meetings.

We became a registered association in April 2023 in order to enable us to become more structured, to communicate more effectively with families and to develop collaborations with professionals and health institutions.

Contact the association

To discuss or book midwifery care please contact the individual midwife of your choice (contact details are provided in the individual profiles), stating your due date and the town where you live.

For all other enquiries regarding the association, please fill out the following online form:

Home birth: reassuring and personalised

The motivation behind choosing a home birth are varied and personal. The intimacy and feeling of security are favoured, enabling the choice of those present on D Day. Medical research shows that 70-80% of pregnant women are considered low risk at labour onset, and that the majority of births occur well without any medical interventions (WHO, 1996). Home birth with a midwife is a safe choice for women in good health.

Position statement of the Swiss Federation of Midwives

The usual conditions for planning a home birth are as follows: you live less than half an hour from a maternity ward, the pregnancy is physiological, with only one baby, in cephalic position (head down). The midwife will bring her equipment to support and monitor the labor, and to be able to deal with any possible emergency she will be helped by a colleague who joins her at the end of the labor.

About 85% of planned home births actually end at home. Our transfer rates to labour wards are equivalent to federal FSSF statistics (more detailed statistices in 2016, p.29) or French statistics. It is higher for first babies (primiparous) compared to second or subsequent pregnancies. The majority of intrapartum transfers are due to maternal exhaustion following non-progression of labor, prolonged rupture of membranes and stained liquor. Urgent transfers with ambulance are rare (less than 1%).

Le suivi global : tisser une relation de confiance

Continuity of careR

We offer comprehensive monitoring: the same midwife follows the couple during the prenatal period, childbirth, and postpartum. Scientific evidence shows that continuity of carer improves obstetric and neonatal outcomes and increases women's satisfaction. Continuity of carer allows you and the midwife to get to know each other, to build a relationship of trust, and thus to provide as much as possible personalised care tailored to your needs on the big day. It is best to contact your midwife as early as possible in pregnancy in order to have time to prepare for labour and with, and ideally so that the midwife can ensure holistic antenatal care.

Your midwife will be on call for your labour and birth 24/7 for a period of potentially 5 weeks, between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation. During labour, as the birth approaches, she will be joined by a colleague who comes to assist her. In the event of the occasional absence of your midwife (pre informed holidays, training) she will offer a replacement colleague to cover the on-call in agreement with yourselves. 


After the birth, midwives will stay for a minimum of 2 hours, or more depending on the couple’s request. Regular postpartum visits by the midwife are then provided during the first 2 months, followed by further breastfeeding consultations.

LAMAL insurance covers 100%

La Lamal rembourse

7 antenatal consultations - either at the midwife’s clinic or at home

Antenatal examinations including 2-3 ultrasound scans

La Lamal rembourse

Home birth attended by 2 midwives

16 postnatal visits for a 1st baby
10 visits for a subsequent baby

3 breastfeeding consultations to be taken anytime until the end of your breastfeeding journey

Our Events

Nos événements

September 16th, 2024, from 12 : Fête des bébés au parc des Evaux, Onex. 

Meeting with Canadian buffet for all families we have accompanied for a birth during the year or that will give birth with us soon!

Ils nous ont fait confiance

Laetitia

Notre sage-femme nous a guidé vers la plus douce des naissance pour mon fils. Après un accouchement traumatisant pour ma fille, j'ai voulu revoir complètement mon approche. Pas à pas, elle m'a redonné confiance en moi et nous a accompagné à être à l'écoute de notre bébé et à former une équipe soudée avec mon conjoint. Ce fût un accouchement magique où je me suis réconciliée avec la naissance.

Hermine

 [...] Quelle expérience tu m’as offertes là mon guide, mon ange. Ta présence si discrète, assurée et rassurante, pleine de confiance en moi, en la vie, pleine de juste retenue, pleine de justes encouragements. Je ne te remercierai jamais assez je crois, de m’avoir permis de mettre au monde mon enfant moi-même…

Elise et Antoine

 Nous ne remercierons jamais assez ces deux formidables sages-femmes sans qui nous n’aurions pas pu vivre cet instant magique à la maison. Nous avons été intégralement respectés, et rien ne nous a été imposé. En bref, comme je le dis depuis à qui nous le demande : cet accouchement n’aurait pas pu mieux se dérouler de façon naturelle.

To support us

Whether you are parents, a midwife or other, we need your support!
Subscription amount: CHF 30. 

Your donation can be made to the association’s account as follows:

Naitre chez soi, Route de Saint-Julien 176, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, 

IBAN : CH07 0900 0000 1627 6640 8

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