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Confident Birth Course

Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 17 customer ratings
(17 customer reviews)

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Description

This fun, informative and interactive 12 hour English birth course taught by our fantastic duo midwife and doula teams will help you prepare, make informed choices and feel confident about the birth of your baby.

Our unique combination of medical, psychological and practical knowledge provides a complete birth preparation package for you and your partner. Between us we have in-depth local experience of all of the hospitals and birthing centres across The Hague, Leiden, Zoetermeer, Delft and Rotterdam.

We know that pregnant couples giving birth away from their home country have a lot of questions about giving birth in Holland, and are often far from friends and family. Our courses are a wonderful mix of couples from all over the world and will give you a really good opportunity to get to know other parents-to-be in the area. Together you will be able to discuss and learn from each other and our experienced teachers about the joys and difficulties of becoming a new family far from home.

Consider joining a course in a different city if the dates suit you better. Make a day of it and spend a weekend or a relaxing evening out with dinner in historic Delft or amazing Rotterdam.

Day 1: Labour, Birth & Hormones- Physiological Birth Expand
  • Feel more comfortable with the Dutch system
  • Understand the physiological process of birth
  • Feel confident that you have tools that will help the normal birth process along
  • Understand how hormones can be your friend in labour
  • Feel comfortable with a range of positions you can use during labour and birth
  • Identify how your environment impacts the birth process
  • Discover how to reduce your anxiety and how to boost your confidence
  • Massage tools to use during labour
  • Connection, relaxation and breathing tips
  • Useful practical tools for the birth partner
  • Get tips on how to optimize the 1st hour of your baby's life
  • Receive all the tips and info you need to start writing a birth plan
Day 2: Optimizing birth no matter what happens- Medical Birth Expand
  • Discover when to go to the hospital
  • Understand how induction works and how to optimize labour when induction is necessary
  • Learn a range of coping strategies to optimize a medical birth
  • Pain relief options
  • Comfort measures for medical birth
  • Learn about the various interventions that can be offered during birth and what to expect when they are necessary
  • Tools to help you converse with your care provider about decisions that need to be made
  • What you can expect with a cesarean birth
  • Tips on how to optimize bonding and breastfeeding when a c-section is necessary

Course dates and locations

This course is given on the dates below from 10:00 - 16:30

We are really excited to launch our New Improved Confident Birth Course from March 2020) The price is also going up in March to €345!! Click on the link for courses beyond February.

  • Saturday 18 January 2020 & Sunday 19 January 2020 - Rotterdam FULL
  • Saturday 22 February 2020 & Sunday 23 February 2020 - Delft

17 reviews for Confident Birth Course

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Huijun – 13 June 2018

    This course is highly recommended. My main concern was that my husband learn about birth with me. I can read birth books myself and understand it because of the natural and strong connection I have with the baby. But when that time comes and I am laying on the bed and busy with the pain, he is the only one I can depend on besides the midwife and doctors. Him having the basic and correct knowledge is very important to me so that he will not be in a panic in that moment. Giving him a book is not as useful as giving him a systematic course. It was also a sweet thing to involve him in the process and do this together.

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Yuliya – 15 June 2018

    Me and my partner really enjoyed the 2 Sundays of the confident birth course from Birth in Holland. I wasn’t too keen on the idea at the beginning feeling like I’m prepared already but my partner convinced me to go together and I didn’t regret it. Besides the informative side, I found the experience to be very personal with a small group of international couples and a midwife and a doula sharing stories, practical advice and delicious potluck lunch 🙂 I also found out much more about the stages of labour, hormones involved and all the rules around birth in the Netherlands and my husband felt a lot more empowered and happy about how much he can do to help and be a part of the birthing process.

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Laura and Daniël ten Bloemendal – 18 June 2018

    I recommend this course to all my friends, because it supports the combination of being intellectually informed and emotionally ready for birth. I knew a lot going into the course, but still learned two key skills that ended up being essential on the day – one about communicating through medical decisions, another about natural pain relief and oxytocin. Understanding what was going on helped my husband and I have a beautiful birth experience, even through a complication that was so rare I hadn’t learned about its possibility. Feeling informed, in control, and able to communicate was a result of our lessons learned, and we wish that for every couple going into this process.

  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    Eszter – 1 September 2018

    The Birth in Holland course was just what me and my partner needed. It was helpful to discuss the stages of labor and when to call a midwife. Since we are fairly new in the Netherlands, we apprciated learning about the Dutch approach to birth was. It was also lovely to meet other expecting couples and the hospitable and professional course leaders.

  5. Rated 5 out of 5

    Alexandra Harmata Tomic (verified owner) – 10 September 2018

    Great experience highly recommended to everyone expecting their first baby in Netherlands. Me and my husband are now feeling confident and prepared for a labor. We met such a lovely people people from all around the world- to share tips and tricks during preganancy also arranged few playdates already! Sophie and Farola are amazing and well experienced/educated doulas able to answer all your questions and give you reassurance you need.

  6. Rated 5 out of 5

    Peter Pankovics (verified owner) – 14 September 2018

    *for husbands/partners: I was pretty sure that it will be a boring course that will take my whole weekend… it turned out to be the opposite. It was fun, educational and interesting. Great advises about what is going on really with the mum and how you can support the delivery; what are your possibilities and about the dutch system in general. Thank you Farola & Sophie.

  7. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jana – 15 September 2018

    Great course, I highly recommend it to everyone. I thought I was already prepared, but I’ve learned so much during the weekend. It is a great help to understand the Dutch system. My ideas about birth are much more clear afterwards. Also it’s a great help for
    the partner so he’ll be an active part of the birth not just a “spectator”.
    We really enjoyed the weekend!

  8. Rated 5 out of 5

    Natalie (verified owner) – 8 October 2018

    In a nutshell, if you’re an expat that is pregnant in the Netherlands, you MUST take this course. I cannot praise the confident birth team enough in this two-day bootcamp style birthing course. English being my native language, it was nearly impossible to find the information I needed when it came to what birthing practices were standard in the Netherlands. This being my first baby, I wanted to know what to expect and each time I searched in English, I never really received the proper information as it related to the Dutch birthing style. This course provided ALL of the answers to my never-ending questions in a fun, welcoming and engaging environment. Prior to taking this Rotterdam birthing class I had read about 6 pregnancy and birthing books and performed endless research to learn all aspects of what to expect. Even with all of that preparation, the two doulas kept blowing my mind with information that no one tells you about. One of my favorite exercises was when they took us through ALL stages of the birthing process; explaining everything in great detail and even acting out what each stage would look like. Because of these two brilliant women, my husband now feels incredibly confident in knowing what he can do to help coach me through my Dutch birth. This class is appropriately named because these birthing experts gave me such confidence and eliminated all of my fears of the unknown. I truly cannot thank them enough.

    As if the course information provided wasn’t enough, they also brought a sense of community to us foreigners. I loved meeting other pregnant women like myself that moved to the Netherlands for love or work. In the two short days together we really built a unique camaraderie and it felt so nice to meet and discuss how pregnancy could be difficult in a foreign country. These women were able to understand how I felt that my entire family back home was going to miss the birth of my child and they made me feel less alone. Really, I cannot praise this birthing course enough.

    We are so thankful to have found this workshop.

  9. Rated 5 out of 5

    Sasha Fomina (verified owner) – 16 October 2018

    The confident birth course was such a valuable and even indispensable addition to our journey, I would recommend it to everyone! The combination of knowledge and emotional support during the course, combined with the fun of being able to share so much with other couples, made it a vital part in our experience. Also, for me, as a woman, I can honestly say that, after this course, I am so much looking forward to this wonderful process of bringing new life into the world. The contents of the course are designed to give in-depth understanding of the process, fysiological, emotional and medical. Sophie, Elinor and Farola will answer any question you might have. And believe me, we as a couple read and learned a lot before the course and we both feel that it still gave us a much better understanding of everything we are going through and all to come. I could write 10 pages on all the great things about this course… But it’s better if you experience this yourself! Thank you very much Elinor, Sophie and Farola! You truly already made a difference.

  10. Rated 5 out of 5

    Elin (verified owner) – 17 October 2018

    Me and my partner went to the two day birthing class and it was great! So professional and well planned, with a lot of useful information and facts, but also with a lot of room to ask questions, have open discussions and get to know other parents to be. Even though I had read up on birthing beforehand, I still learned new things and my partner now feel more up-to-date on birthing, we are more in this together now and feel as prepared as we can be. Really recommend it as a bonding experience as a couple!

  11. Rated 5 out of 5

    Mathilde (verified owner) – 18 February 2019

    My partner and I followed the 2-day “confident birth course” in January 2019. We both enjoyed the course very much. It gives a very good understanding of the physiological process behind giving birth, of what to expect and how to prepare for it with a lot of pratical tips. Options for different kind of delivery (physiological, medical, different kind of pain relief) were explained, emphazing on the fact that every delivery is different and unique. No judgment was formulated and an atmosphere was created where people would be feel comfortable and at ease to ask questions and share there experience/fears/feelings. Sophie and Martha were very open and very sweet and we’d like to thank them. We learnt a lot, also about how to let go, and we feel, as a couple, really prepared for this unique experience. Thanks again! Highly recommended !

  12. Rated 5 out of 5

    Alexandra Melzer (verified owner) – 27 February 2019

    The Birth Course was really, really good. We learned a lot of useful things, it gave me and my partner a lot of confidence, we met other nice parents and the trainers Sophie and Faroula were really amazing. Can only recommend!!

  13. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jeniffer Heemann (verified owner) – 17 April 2019

    I strongly recommend this course! Both my partner and I feel much more confident about the labour and look forward to living this moment! The course was not only informative and educational (there was so much new and interesting information!) but it also made us reflect and plan the birth experience. In the course, we’ve learned relevant methods and techniques to use during birth. Again, I strongly recommend it!

  14. Rated 5 out of 5

    Martin (verified owner) – 22 May 2019

    Me and my partner learned a lot from the 2-day course, May 2019. Over these two days you learn what course late pregnancy and the birth itself will take, what to expect and what to prepare for.

  15. Rated 5 out of 5

    Francesco and Mariana – 31 October 2019

    We really enjoyed the two-day course. We learned much useful information. We know now what can happen and we feel more confident about the delivery.
    We found the course very well structured and we liked the dynamics, the explanations and the group activities. Elinor and Sophie are very passionate and nice coaches. We do recommend the course

  16. Rated 5 out of 5

    Yoana (verified owner) – 1 November 2019

    Me and my partner both found the course very, very good and we are super happy we signed up! We feel much more prepared and confident for the journey of our baby’s birth! Absolutely recommended to anyone who wants to be an active participant and inform themselves with the different possibilities and scenarios. And therefore make an informed decision about their birth preferences. Thank you Sophie and Elinor!

  17. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nina (verified owner) – 5 November 2019

    Thanks a lot for this weekend, both my partner and I really enjoyed it, it was super informative and nice to meet everyone. We feel way more confident about the whole process and prepared for all that can happen! I would definitely recommend doing this course!

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