Birth is not a medical event - it is a physiological process. Low-risk pregnancy are the majority and in the Netherlands you are supported directly by a team of midwives that are there to supervise the process: in these circumstances you and your baby are as safe birthing at home, in a birth center as you are birthing in a hospital. When there are medical conditions, your primary care is transferred to an OBGYN. Regardless the conditions, as a Birth Doula, my role is simple and powerful:
I stay.
I listen.
I translate the medical language.
I support (you and your partner).
I advocate and offer you tools to advocate directly.
I am skilled to offer continuous emotional, physical, and informational support so you feel safe, heard, and deeply supported throughout pregnancy, labor, and the early postpartum period.
I hold deep trust in the birthing process, and I carry you and your partner as professional birth companion in this deep life transition.
Who This is For...
You are growing a baby and already sensing that the standard Dutch maternity system won't be enough for the birth you're imagining. You want someone who will truly know you before labor begins — you want more than an health care professional that feels like, or is a stranger, rotating in on a shift. You want a deeper connection. You want your partner to feel prepared and ready to support you. You want that kind of support that only someone that has learned about your fears and helped you through them can offer. You believe birth is more than a medical event, that there are emotional and psychological layers to it and you want your experience to reflect that.
Whether this is your first birth or your fourth, whether you're planning a home birth or a hospital birth, whether you're navigating a VBAC or an induction — you deserve consistent, devoted, deeply human support.
If you're curious about what working together could look and feel like — for you, for your birth, for your family — I would love to have that conversation. Book a free intro call.
What is a Birth Doula?
A birth doula is not a medical professional — she is a birth companion, your constant. While midwives and obstetricians carry clinical responsibility and rotate through shifts, a birth doula stays. She is there from the first contractions to the first moments after birth, offering steady physical support, emotional grounding, and the kind of presence that cannot be scheduled or rushed.
A doula does not replace your midwife, your obstetrician, or your partner. She works alongside all of them — filling the space between clinical care and human connection that so many women find missing from their birth experience.
Why Choose Me as your Birth Doula in Amsterdam?
Choosing a birth doula is one of the most personal decisions you will make during pregnancy. Here is what working with me actually means — not as a list of features, but as a promise.
Continuity of Care From our first conversation to the moment you hold your baby, I am your constant. While hospital staff change shifts and midwives manage multiple births, I stay. You will never have to explain yourself to a stranger in the hardest moments of your labor — because I will already know you.
Emotional Safety Pregnancy surfaces everything — old fears, past experiences, things you haven't said out loud yet. In our prenatal sessions I create space for all of it, without judgment, without rush. You can open up fully, knowing that what you share shapes how I support you — and stays between us.
Partner Support Your partner is not a bystander in this journey. From our very first session together, I include them — helping them understand what labor actually looks and feels like, giving them tools to support you physically and emotionally, and guiding them so that when the moment comes, they feel capable and present rather than helpless and afraid.
Advocacy You have the right to understand every decision being made about your body and your birth. I help you ask the right questions, communicate your preferences clearly, and navigate the medical system with confidence. And when you need someone to speak up alongside you, I am there.
Deep Understanding of Birth — Body and Mind Birth is not only physiological. The beliefs you carry, the fears you haven't named yet, the previous experiences still living in your body — all of these shape how labor unfolds. My work begins long before contractions start, exploring and releasing what stands between you and a birth you can move through with trust.
Inclusion and Openness Every family is welcome here. I wholeheartedly serve heteronormative families, LGBTQ+ couples, co-parenting and multi-adult households, solo and single parents, and families formed through surrogacy or IVF. You will not need to explain or justify your family to me — you will simply be received.
Transparent Pricing No hidden costs, no surprises. From the moment you sign your Doula Service Agreement, everything is clear — what is included, what is not, and how payments are structured. Because trust should extend to the practical details too.
Birth can be unpredictable. Your support should not be. If you feel the same, I would love to chat with you.