Take a tour of a midwife's kitbag So home birth can be a new, strange concept for many internationals living in the Netherlands, where midwifery is designed around the concept that birth in a natural process and medical intervention is needed only when it is needed! Coming from a more
A Day in the life of a Doula
Two repeat clients in one day! It’s a weird life, this doula-ing. Generally my workdays are filled with driving to an intake, a birth preparation meeting, giving an occasional massage or giving a private yoga course. But the rest of my workdays are actually not typical workdays. I live my life with
A day in the life of a Dutchy midwife
It's 20.00pm on a Thursday evening and I'm ready to go on call. My colleague will arrive shortly to hand-over, unless she calls me first to take over from her if she's busy. A bit later and no phone call and no colleague yet. Not unusual though – it's a very relaxed team and this team mate I know