Pregnancy courses in and around Haarlem
Together makes birth better!
One-day pregnancy course
In 3.5 hours, I’ll give you and your birth partner the key tools to approach your birth with a flexible mindset, full confidence, and as a team. Private pregnancy course A complete, tailored private pregnancy course in a warm one-on-one setting at home: welcoming your baby together, as a team, with love.
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Personal and professional birth coaching
As a certified doula and teacher, I’ve had the privilege of guiding many women and their partners through pregnancy and birth.
I love offering individual and small-group courses in my warm home practice in Haarlem, where science-based information, body-focused exercises and mindfulness help you approach your birth with confidence, calm and a sense of control.
Still wondering whether following a course together with your partner is worthwhile? Read the benefits here.
One-day pregnancy course | English-spoken
Not in the mood for a multi-day course? Or want to quickly refresh your knowledge? A complete but personal course in a small group, full of practical tools and evidence-based knowledge to help you feel fully empowered and create a positive birth experience!
You’ll get:
- Insight into the physiological process of giving birth so you understand what’s happening in your body.
- Insight into realistic scenarios and possible interventions so you know what to expect and stay in control.
- Body-focused & mindfulness exercises for experiencing deeper relaxation and less pain, with techniques that connect to hypnobirthing.
- Breathing techniques as an anchor for every stage of your birth.
- Birth positions that help you relax and work with contractions.
- Tips & tricks for your birth partner so you can experience the birth together, as a team.
Price & practical info:
Cost: € 175 per couple
Duration: 3.5 hours
Location: In my cosy home practice or another practice space in Haarlem
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Private pregnancy course
Want all the attention for you and your partner, in a one-day course built entirely around you? Or do you or your partner prefer English? Then this private pregnancy course is perfect for you!
You’ll get:
- A no-obligation online introduction.
- A personal birth course: two in-depth two-hour sessions at your home to prepare for the birth.
- A pregnancy massage at my practice worth € 97.
- Practical and mental preparation for birth and the postpartum period: theory and tailored body-focused, breathing & mindfulness exercises alternate throughout. There’s plenty of room to practise different birth positions and massage techniques, and to try out the Elle TENS.
- Your birth partner learns various tools to support you during birth: together you’ll have a solid foundation of valuable information and practical tools to welcome your baby with love, full of confidence and as a team.
- Help putting together a birth plan that suits you.
- Help putting together a postpartum plan for more calm, clarity and space to truly settle into your new role as parents.
- Unlimited contact by phone and WhatsApp from the start until six weeks after the birth.
- 20% discount on renting a Le Bassine birth pool.
Price & practical info:
- Cost: € 550
- Dutch and English spoken
- Location: At your home or in my cosy home practice in Haarlem
- When: Scheduled whenever suits you — including Saturdays or Sundays.
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