When
2021: 22 May(fully booked), 3 July, 29 August
From 10.00-13.00 (occasionally 13.30)
This Three-hour course will be offered face-to-face.
A three-hour information session in English for expectant mothers (around 30 weeks pregnant) and their partners to prepare for the birth of their baby.
This course is mainly geared to first-time parents and especially relevant if you want your partner to know more about your childbirth and understand how you can best be helped, or as a refresher course if this is your second baby. This course includes breathing and massage exercises.
Subjects to be handled
- How the health system treats childbirth in the Netherlands
- Dilation, amniotic fluid; when to call the midwife or hospital
- Attitude towards contractions and labour pains. Pain relief possibilities
- Different ways to cope with labour including breathing and massage exercises and how your partner can best support you
The course will be presented by my colleague Marieke Wildeman or Annet Coumou both experienced Dutch midwives. For more information: About Marieke or About Annet
