Welcome at the website of our midwifery practise

How to reach us

You can reach the midwife on duty 24h a day on 06-21531010

If in any case the 06-number is unanswered, please call 06-52265395

Any questions (less urgent): please call us daily between 19.00h-20.00h on 06-21531010

To make an appointment

Please call our assistant Brigitte at our office at 040-2821193 on:

Monday morning 09.00-12.00h, Wednesday evening 17.00-20.00h, Friday morning 09.00-12.00h.

or registrate online

Information in English available

Trying to conceive

• Brochure Planning a healty pregnancy

Pregnant

• Brochure PREGNANT
• When to call the midwife in pregnancy
• Telephone accessibility
• I am pregnant. What can I do to not get infections?
• Prenatal screening for Down syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome
• Questions we will ask you at your first visit: zwangerwijzer-engels.pdf
• What do you need to arrange after your first appointment
• Information on the anomaly scans: The 13-week scan and the 20-week scan.
• Pelvic floor information and exercises
• 22 weken prik (whooping cough vaccination)
• Brochure Feeling tour baby move and Information on feeling your baby move
• Your pregnancy: monitor your baby’s growth
• List of necessities
• Video’s: Simone Buitendijk, Professor of Maternal and Child Health gives a keynote speech about giving
  birth in the Netherlands at the Babyface congress in Amsterdam:
  • In the first part she explains the strengths and weaknesses of the Dutch system.
  • In the second video Simone Buitendijk talks about how safe it is to give birth in the Dutch system.
  • In this last video Simone Buitendijk talks about the safety of homebirth and provides 7 do’s for every pregnant woman.
• English pregnancy courses:
  • Happy Birthing Day
  • Touchinglife.nl
  • Childbirthclassirma
  • Miniandmom.nl/prenatal-yoga
  • Zwangerschapscursusondemand.nl/en/pregnancycourse-on-demand
  • Onlinegeboorteacademie.nl/english

Birth

• Childbirth when should you call
• How to prepare for birth
• Your birth: how to deal with pain
• Birhting positions (only available in Dutch)

Postpartum

• Screening tests for newborn babies (heelprick and hearing test)
• Breastfeeding Information
• Maternity assistance
• Telephone accessibility
• Arrange maternity care, preferably before 16 weeks:The following maternity care organisations are active in Eindhoven:
  • Kraamzorgdeervaring.nl
  • Kraamzorglavie
  • Kraamzus (prior known as homecare)
  • Mediplan
  • VDA (English website)
  • Zorgmed
  • ABCkraamzorg

Miscarriage

When you have pain in your lower abdomen or back or if you lose blood please call us directly at 06-21531010.

See you at our practice

Greetings Anne, Marjolein, Connie (midwives) and Brigitte (assistent)

The office address

Ceramlaan 12, 5641 GD Eindhoven