Our Office

Method

The booking appointment will take 60 minutes, and the subsequent appointments about 30 minutes. We can tell you about our Dutch healthcare system, and answer all your questions. We believe that having a personal relationship with you contributes to a better pregnancy and birth.

In the Netherlands you can choose to give birth at home birth, in a birth centre or in hospital (midwife-led hospital birth). We think it is important that you make a well informed decision about your place of birth. We will provide you with all the necessary information so that you can make the decisions that suits your personal situation and preferences about prenatal testing, place of birth, methods of dealing with labour pain and all other choices you need to make as parents.

Thank you for your care, for looking after us so well and for giving us a very good experience! We couln’t have wanted more

Kiki, Andrew and happy baby Josephine

If you need medical care

As midwives, we attend uncomplicated pregnancies and births. If complications arise during pregnancy or labour we consult the obstetrician or we refer you to an obstetrician if needed. When we refer you to an obstetrician during labour we try to stay with you and support you The hospital will then provide the medical care which will be carried out by midwives, nurses and doctors.

If you want us to support you during labour if you were already referred to the obstetrician during pregnancy, we can discuss this.

If your pregnancy is medical with the gynecologist:

Also if you are pregnant under guidance of the gynecologist, you can subscribe for guidance in the postnatal period.

Thank you for good and kind taking care. It was special to feel so safe and confident in this beautiful period

Karin, mother of Hugo and Josephine, born at home

The midwifes

Constance Erwich

Ever since the birth of my youngest sister, I have been fascinated by pregnancy. Endlessly, I browsed through the book of Lennart Nilsson ‘A Child Is Born’ with beautiful pictures of babies inside the womb. How a complete human being can grow from two cells, how that small human being is born, it is still a very special event for me.

After a detour, I started midwifery education in 2002 and qualified in 2006. Since then I work at the midwifery practice Vondelpark, first in a duo practice, nowadays in a small group practice. I am the practice owner and that means that I organise and arrange many things. But nothing can beat attending a beautiful birth. By the way, I would still recommend you to read ‘A Child Is Born’.

Starting points

Our office is member of the Royal Dutch Midwifery Society (KNOV) All midwifes are registered in the quality register for midwifes.

Base of the practice:

• Birth is a physiological phenomenon in life.
• The pregnant woman, her partner and the midwife are equal in relationship.
• If extra help is needed, for example from the gynecologist we are mediator. Starting point is the autonomy of the mother and father to be.

What does this mean?

• We only guide a limited amount of pregnant women each month.
• In consultations you can chose to see only one midwife every meeting.
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• We are flexible: we can take more time if needed. In consultation or during birth.
• We work with a birth plan, you can make it according to your preferences. We will discuss it during the consultation.
• If needed in the postpartum period, we organise you extra help around the breastfeeding or we can prolong your time with the kraamzorg with two extra days.
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