Birth

We are often asked whether everyone in the Netherlands gives birth at home. That is not the case. About 20% of the people in the Netherlands give birth at home. It is best to give birth where you feel most comfortable: in the hospital or at home.

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

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.