New in the Netherlands: Your Pregnancy & Birth Roadmap in 5 Steps
Want the best possible preparation for having your baby in the Netherlands — without wading through everything in Dutch first? This free guide walks you through the five things worth knowing early: from finding a verloskundige to the paperwork you’ll face after the birth.
What’s inside?
- Step 1 — How to find your verloskundige (midwife), and why it’s not automatically a doctor
- Step 2 — What Dutch health insurance actually covers, and what it doesn’t
- Step 3 — Why kraamzorg (postpartum home care) needs to be arranged early, and how
- Step 4 — How to choose where you’ll give birth, and who you want on your birth team
- Step 5 — The paperwork that follows: birth registration, your baby’s BSN, insurance deadlines and your partner’s leave
Getting ready to welcome your baby with confidence, from a place of understanding rather than uncertainty, starts with knowing what’s ahead. I’d love for this guide to be part of that.
— Iris van Wijk
Where should I send your free guide?
Prefer to talk it through in person first? Get in touch — in English, whenever suits you.