When
Monday July 23,30 August 6,13,20
Tuesday July 24, 31 August 7, 14, 21
This prenatal course in English enables expectant international couples to feel comfortable about having a baby in the Netherlands. The Childbirth Preparation Course is intended for couples more than 26 weeks pregnant. Five evenings (19.00-21.00) on a Monday or Tuesday and one postnatal reunion on a Saturday.
Subjects to be handled
- How the health system treats childbirth in the Netherlands
- Dilation, what happens in your body; when to call the midwife or hospital
- Attitude towards contractions and pain
- Different ways to cope with labour and how partner can support
- Breathing and massage in the different stages of labour
- Pain relief possibilities
- Helping you to make informed choices and handle concerns
- Exercises such as pushing in different positions
- Instrumental delivery (vacuum, Caesarean section)
- Induction: when why and how
- Referral to English breastfeeding information
- Referral to doulas; other courses and related websites
- Dutch habits and customs
- First week with baby, bonding
- Postnatal depression
- Hand-outs of subjects handled in course (including birth stories and birth plan concept)
- Your questions answered
