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 on alphabetic order:

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Arrange: What do you need to arrange after your first appointment

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Baby movements: Feeling tour baby move and Information on feeling your baby move

Baby’s growth: Monitor your baby’s growth

Birth: Childbirth when should you call

Birth: How to prepare for birth

Birth: giving birth in the Netherlands: Simone Buitendijk, Professor of Maternal and Child Health gives a keynote speech about givingirth 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.

Birth: Birth plan icons (second link (pdf) on the opening page)

Birth: Your birth: how to deal with pain

Birth: Birhting positions (only available in Dutch)

Breastfeeding Information

Breasfeeding theme meeting GGD (free of charge)

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Call:When to call the midwife in pregnancy

Call: Childbirth when should you call

Conceiving: Planning a healty pregnancy

Corona: mijnvraagovercorona.nl/en

Courses: English pregnancy courses:

• • Childbirth-class-expats.nl
  • Touchinglife.nl
  • Childbirthclassirma
  • Miniandmom.nl/prenatal-yoga
  • Sens
  • Zwangerschapscursusondemand.nl/en/pregnancycourse-on-demand
  • Onlinegeboorteacademie.nl/english

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Daily activities for better pregnancy and birth

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Eating in pregnancy what not to eat, handy app (in Dutch but with easy green/yellow/red indicator)

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Heelprick and hearing test: Screening tests for newborn babies

Hemoglobinopathie information about carrier testing

Hemoglobinopathie who qualifies for carrier testing

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Infections: I am pregnant. What can I do to not get infections?

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Maternity care, to be aranged 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
• Peetskraamzorg.nl
• Lethas
• ABCkraamzorg

Mental health brochure: Where is the pink cloud

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

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Necessities List of necessities

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Pelvic floor information and exercises

Planning a healty pregnancy

PREGNANT (Nation wide brochure)

Prenatal screening for Down syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome

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Questions we will ask you at your first visit: zwangerwijzer-engels.pdf

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Telephone accessibility

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Ultrasound scan: The 13-week scan and the 20-week scan.

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22 weken prik (whooping cough vaccination)

See you at our practice

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

The office address

Ceramlaan 12, 5641 GD Eindhoven