Doula Vanessa 

As a birth coach/doula, I offer you (and your partner) personal support during your pregnancy and the birth of your child. In the preparation, we work towards a birth as you envision it.

The delivery and birth of your baby is one of the most intense and unique events you will ever experience together! It has a huge impact on both the baby and the parents. It's a magical but also a vulnerable time in your life and that's why it's important to feel supported and bundled on this special journey.

I am here for you (and your partner) to fully prepare and support. This will greatly boost your confidence. So that you can have a confident, powerful birth experience with support and dedication during labour. The safer a woman feels, the more she can relax and the greater the chance of a peaceful and pleasant birth experience.

"The presence of a doula often ensures a smoother and more successful delivery, with less chance of interventions"

What may you expect?

You will be guided through the pregnancy process, up to the first period after birth. Every pregnant woman has different wishes and needs and doula Vanessa will adjust her method.

We start with a no-obligation introductory meeting to see if it clicks and we identify what your wishes are. You will receive information about what a doula can do exactly. If you have a partner, it is important that he/she is present during the conversation.

From the moment of contact to birth, doula Vanessa is available for questions, updates or to talk about your pregnancy.

Before your 37th week we plan 3 appointments, so that you are well informed and prepared and we go deeper where necessary or desired.

From 37 weeks into your pregnancy I will be available to support you, to help you with the delivery, to know when to go to the hospital (if desired), to help and support you and your partner during your labor and birth. I'll stay until after you give birth, when you and your partner are a bit familiar and landed.

After giving birth I come by 2 more times and there is a final conversation.

If you have wishes and/or needs that differ from those described above, that is of course no problem, additional supplements or adjustments are always possible.

During your delivery?

I am a fixed and familiar face during your delivery. My support is mental, emotional, physical and educational, and that starts during your pregnancy. In this way I supplement modern/medical care.

I guide you and your partner through all stages of giving birth. Also when you want to go to the hospital or maybe need to go because of a medical indication, your doula will go with you. And such a familiar face is very nice, because in many cases your obstetrician does not come along and the gynecologist takes over the medical responsibility.

As a doula I am there, but also not, I shine in the background during childbirth. You and your partner have the leading role! I give suggestions for example movements or relaxation, with whom you can share what is really going on inside you, encourage you and give practical tips. I will encourage you to make your own choices as clear as possible, so that you stay in your own empowerment. I create a space in which you feel safe and heard, so that you can relax. Ik I support you both emotionally and communicatively. You are at your most vulnerable during childbirth and it is important that you feel comfortable and can fully surrender to the birth.  

But I'm also there for the partner. If there is a partner during birth, he/she has an important role, I am not there to take that place, but to connect you. Watching the woman you love sweat during birth can be quite stressful for a partner. Not only do we flawlessly pick up feelings of fear, stress or tension in others, we often unconsciously copy those feelings. A relaxed partner is a relaxed mother and vice versa.

The purpose of the conversations we have with each other prior to the birth is that you look forward to the birth with confidence, love and perhaps even pleasure, so thatyou experience the birth together as the miracle it is.

Experience total bundling & benefit from everything we have to offer in expertise and experience and more with the doula All You Need Package.

For this package you will receive the same information about what you can expect from me and during your delivery as above with doula Vanessa.

In addition, you can register (preferably between 18 and 25 weeks) for unlimited all physical indoor, outdoor and online prenatal classes that we offer weekly.

And from about 25 weeks you follow the postpartum prep workshop.

The All You Need Doula package consists of:

• Free introductory meeting with the (birth) partner.
• 3 prenatal visits at your house, in which a lot of useful information and support is given; we work together on preference, fear/control, relaxation, expectations and wishes.
• During the home sessions you will receive movement suggestions (rebozo methods), massage/pressure techniques and breathing exercises.
• Spinning Babies parent class method (when desired or necessary).
• Mindfulness Giving Birth techniques (when desired or necessary).
• For 1 year you can follow all pre- and postnatal classes unlimited.

• 3 prenatal visits at your house.
• Lots of useful information and support including; we work together on your preference, fear/control, strength/relaxation, expectations and wishes.
• During the home sessions you will receive movement suggestions (rebozo methods), massage/pressure techniques and breathing exercises.
• Spinning Babies parent class method (when desired or necessary).
• Mindfulness Giving Birth techniques (when desired or necessary).
• Vansi's Essentials (including command ball, penut ball, tens, etc.).
• 1 postpartum visit; discussion and support.
• I am available throughout the period via email, whatsapp and phone.
• Available for inquiries up to 3 months postpartum.

Prenatal coach package All You Need extra:

• For 1 year you can follow all pre- and postnatal classes unlimited.