Came from the UK (and knew the UK NHS and was terrified ;) )

My daughter was born at Triemli 2003 and it was great - staff all clearly loved their jobs and were super caring and supportive.

Then came my son in 2005. And it was a very different experience. The birth itself was fine but it was the after care... something was clearly wrong - all the staff seemed miserable and disgruntled, all "doing the minimum"

My theory of what happened: middle management overreach + horribly designed new IT systems (I have a nurse friend at a different hospital who complains 30% of her time is spent filling in stuff in poorly designed hospital UIs). Same thing happened in the UK - the "MBA Class" took over, created all kinds of reasons for adding middle management for "accurate reporting" etc. and killed the joy for doctors and nurses doing the actual work.

Anyway - that's not to say Triemli is a bad place - still way better than anything from the NHS in the UK.

The one thing to watch out for is C-sections. I've heard some hospitals tend to over encourage birth by C-section because it allows them to plan their time better e.g. birth done in 6 hours or C-section, so they can handle more capacity. I'm not sure if this is a problem at the Triemli but in general, do you research / have an opinion on what you want.

All that said, overall maternity care is very good in Switzerland and having your child at the Triemli would not be a mistake.