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Find out what your options are when the time comes for the birth of your baby in Cyprus...
Choosing How and Where to Give Birth
The concepts of midwife-only assisted births, water births, home births and birth plans are not common in Cyprus. Caesarean births are frequent. It is recommended that personal preferences are discussed with the doctors early on in order to avoid disappointment at the later stages of pregnancy.
Births in a public General Hospital will follow the hospital's common practices, which will not necessarily take a patient's wishes into consideration. Depending on the hospital's size, a different gynaecologist may be attending to a pregnant patient on each visit and the actual birth could be handled by a gynaecologist whom the mother to be has not met on a previous appointment.
All obstetricians and gynaecologists in the private sector are affiliated with a specific private clinic or hospital, and the birth will take place at that establishment.
- To find a gynaecologists and obstetricians visit Know your Doctor.com. Those registered to the General Health Service will have the GeSY logo next to their name
- See a list of private hospitals and clinics
- See contact details for the public General Hospitals
Breastfeeding
With the creation of the Cyprus Breastfeeding Association in 2009, breastfeeding has only recently been actively encouraged in the public hospitals. Nurses very often routinely still give the baby a bottle, especially at night time during the first days in which the baby is in their care, both in the public and the private care sector.
If a mother wishes to have her baby with her at all times and ensure it is fed only breast milk, she should not hesitate to communicate this request clearly. She can then have her baby next to her in a separate baby bed throughout her stay at the hospital.
The Association holds regular Breastfeeding Support Group Meetings in all major towns across Cyprus, and meetings are in both Greek and English, depending on demand.
- For listings of Breastfeeding Support Group Meetings see Mums in Cyprus