My name is Jana and I live with my family in the Italian part of Switzerland, at the charming Lake Maggiore. I am blessed with a beautiful boy and girl and their wonderful dad.

I was afraid of giving birth for many years of my life. Too many times did I hear that labour and birth is the most painful and frightening experience a woman can ever go through.

Knowing that I wanted to have children, and having the general tendency to taking a natural approach first before using drugs or other medical assistance – I started my research on natural, fearless birth and conscious parenting. I was amazed as to the vast information and evidence of what a drug-free and non-invasive birth can be like.

As a certified physiotherapist, hypnotherapy practitioner and wellness coach, I was curious to see how far my acquired skills would take me applying them to my birth preparation as well as during labour and birth.

In 2011, at age 39, I gave birth for the first time to our son in Spain, Mallorca. It was a drug-free and natural (unassisted) birthing experience. Although the hospital environment was far from being peaceful and homely, I managed to stay cool, calm & collected throughout my entire 36 hours of labour. In 2015, our daughter was born. I feel endless gratitude for having been able to experience this powerful, moving and deeply empowering birth, this time in a peaceful hospital birthing room in Germany, Hamburg, without any assistance or medication – just a lovingly held space by the dad-to-be and the mindful midwives on duty.