Breastfeeding advice

Your well-being and that of your child are our top priority. At our outpatient clinic in Zurich, we’ll support you on your personal journey toward finding the ideal nutrition for your baby. Whether you gave birth to your child with us or elsewhere: You can count on our professional support—for a breastfeeding experience tailored to both mother and baby right from the start.

Our breastfeeding-promoting services as a clinic for obstetrics:

During pregnancy

• Preparation for breastfeeding, especially in special situations (e.g. breastfeeding multiples, diabetes, nipple discharge)
• Prenatal consultation with a midwife to plan the child’s diet, among other things
• Prenatal colostrum collection / colostrum banking

At birth

• Promoting the parents’ first contact with the child
• Early application
• Transfer in a bonding sheet to the postnatal ward
• Bonding with the other parent
• Priming in premature babies: The premature infant is brought into contact with a cloth diaper that the mother had on her breast to support intestinal colonization.

Postpartum in hospital

• Instruction in breastfeeding and newborn nutrition by a lactation consultant to complement the expertise of our postnatal staff
• Support with breastfeeding and getting to know your child
• Preparing for the time at home
• Treatment of sore nipples
• In special situations: Breastfeeding a premature baby, breastfeeding twins / triplets, milk supply during mother-child separation (child in children’s hospital or neonatology)
• Support for individual breastfeeding preferences (e.g. colostrum breastfeeding, partial breastfeeding)
• Feeding the child with infant formula and weaning if medically indicated or at the parents’ request
• Further offers: Rental of electric breast pumps, low-level laser therapy as part of a study

In the first months of the child's life

• Breastfeeding, nutrition and weight development of the child
• Advice on breastfeeding problems such as milk stasis, breast inflammation (mastitis), milk-stimulating measures if there is not enough milk
• Towards the end of maternity leave and later: breastfeeding and work, switching to complementary foods
• Weaning

Your advantages at the USZ

• Specialized, competent team of breastfeeding consultants (IBCLC certificate)
• If required, close exchange with medical service with IBCLC certification
• Regular inpatient breastfeeding advice during your stay and direct accessibility
• Individual response to questions and concerns
• Outpatient service open to all, regardless of place of birth
• Outpatient clinic in the heart of Zurich
• Three outpatient breastfeeding consultations covered by basic insurance

Regularly awarded specialist clinic

The USZ’s Department of Obstetrics was named the best specialty clinic in Switzerland by the *Handelszeitung* in collaboration with the market research firm Statista and consistently ranks at the top in national comparisons. The positive reviews from medical experts in particular underline the clinic’s high reputation throughout Switzerland. The clinic’s new facilities are also making an impact: the amenities in the delivery rooms stand out as a “standout feature.”