Mother's Birth Story.pdf

- Interview with KL (name known to the editor) about her daughter Laura Melina's birth and death in 1993
- Pregnancy: KL had a large belly early on, but ultrasounds showed only one child. At 28 weeks, her cervix was already open, and she was hospitalized to prevent premature labor.
- Hospitalization: She was given medication to delay labor, underwent numerous tests, and felt unacknowledged by the doctors. After five weeks, Laura was born seven weeks early, in a breech position, via C-section under general anesthesia.
- Laura's condition: The pediatrician said Laura would not survive as she couldn't breathe independently. KL's husband made the decision not to use life-support measures. Laura died two and a half hours after birth.
- Aftermath: KL was too weak to participate in Laura's burial. She later learned that a virus infection during early pregnancy caused Laura's brain and internal organs to fail to develop properly. She felt that her needs were not considered after Laura's death.
- Later life: KL had a son two years later. She believes that more support should be given to parents who lose a child.
- Stadtrat Illnau-Effretikon visited the future border with Zell at the Töss river