In the Netherlands you have the choice to give birth at home, in a birthing center, or in a hospital. The place where you feel most comfortable is the place where you are best able to give birth. For some, this may be at home, while others may feel more at ease in a birthing center or hospital. As midwives, we support births both at home, in a birthing center and in the hospital.

When labor begins, you call the emergency number. In most cases, our on-call midwife will initially come to your home and conduct medical checks. Once labor has progressed sufficiently, you decide where you want to give birth if you haven’t made that choice already. In case of a home birth, we’ll prepare for labour and call the maternity nurse for assistance during the last phase of labour. In case you opt for a birth center or hospital birth, we’ll call the option of your choice. Note that it might be possible that there is no availability at the birth center or hospital of your choice. In that case we will arrange a spot elsewhere.