Maternity Nurse
Those first days after birth are tender, overwhelming, and sacred.
Your body has opened, your hormones are recalibrating, and your nervous system is finding its way from the intensity of birth back into rest.
Your baby is also undergoing a huge transformation — adjusting from the weightless, rhythmic world of the womb to the changing light, temperature, and sensations of life outside.
Your partner is stepping into a new role, finding balance between care, protection, and rest.
And if you already have little children, this time brings another layer of change — learning to divide your energy and attention while keeping connection with everyone in the family.
Birth doesn’t just bring a baby into the world; it transforms an entire system.
In the weeks that follow, every aspect of family life reorganizes itself: the body, the household, sleep, identity, and relationships.
It’s a time of recovery, adaptation, and profound emotional openness.
When families are supported with warmth, knowledge, and care, this period becomes fertile ground for deep connection and confidence.
Without that support, it can easily turn into exhaustion, confusion, or disconnection.
This is why the postpartum time deserves care that is both safe and holistic — combining medical professionalism with emotional presence, body-based healing, and practical wisdom for daily life.
Kraamzorg in the Netherlands provides an important professional structure for the postpartum period.
It ensures that both mother and baby are medically and practically supported in the first week at home.
This includes:
Daily check-ups for mother and baby’s physical condition
Observing recovery and the baby’s adaptation
Creating and maintaining a medical dossier
Detecting early signs of abnormalities through skilled observation
Supporting breastfeeding and basic newborn care
Guiding parents with advice based on current medical protocols
Communicating with your midwife to ensure continuity of care
This structure offers safety and reassurance.
However, standard kraamzorg focuses mainly on the physical and procedural side of recovery — the practical, visible elements of early postpartum life.
What often remains outside its scope are the emotional, relational, and integrative dimensions of this profound transition.
Within my practice, I integrate all the strengths of the Dutch kraamzorg system — the medical safety, professional documentation, and communication with your midwife — with a deeper, holistic layer of care that supports every aspect of your healing and family life.
My approach is grounded in decades of experience and draws from:
Bodywork – to bring your body and nervous system into deep rest and recovery.
Herbal and homeopathic remedies – to support physical and emotional healing.
Nutritional guidance – to nourish your body with warm, grounding foods that promote tissue repair, digestion, and milk production. I help you understand what foods best support your recovery, energy, and emotional balance in each phase.
Advanced breastfeeding guidance – to establish healthy feeding patterns with confidence.
Deep listening and emotional support – to help you process, integrate, and find peace after birth.
Gentle, holistic baby care – to help you tune into your baby and understand their cues naturally.
Through slow, intentional touch, I help your body enter the parasympathetic state — the natural “rest and digest” mode in which healing becomes possible.
In this space of deep relaxation, the body can release tension, process the birth experience, and restore balance.
This work supports circulation, digestion, milk production, and hormonal harmony while easing muscle pain, fatigue, and anxiety.
It’s a moment to come home to your body, to breathe, and to allow your system to repair from within.
Plants offer a gentle and powerful way to support recovery.
I prepare personalized teas, oils, balms, and sitz baths to aid uterine healing, wound healing, digestion, milk flow, and rest.
Homeopathic remedies work in harmony with these natural preparations, helping to balance mood, sleep, and energy.
All remedies are made with care from high-quality, organic ingredients — always safe for mother and baby, and chosen to meet your specific needs.
Together, these natural allies bring warmth, comfort, and resilience into your healing journey.
Food is medicine. In the postpartum period, your body needs warmth, moisture, and nourishment to rebuild strength.
I guide you toward warming, nutrient-rich meals that support tissue repair, digestion, and milk production.
We focus on gentle foods that soothe the digestive system, restore energy, and stabilize mood.
This approach is based on traditional postpartum nutrition — using soups, porridges, herbal infusions, and natural fats to help your body assimilate nutrients and recover gracefully.
Together, we create a rhythm of eating that truly supports healing and balance.
Feeding your baby can be one of the most intimate and empowering experiences — yet it can also bring uncertainty or challenges.
With over two decades of experience in breastfeeding support, I offer both practical expertise and emotional reassurance.
I help you with positioning, latch, milk flow, and comfort, as well as more complex concerns like low supply, overproduction, or nipple pain.
My goal is to help you and your baby find your unique rhythm — turning feeding into a moment of connection and peace rather than stress or struggle.
If bottle or combination feeding is part of your journey, I support that with equal care and understanding.
Every birth carries a story — moments of strength, vulnerability, joy, and surprise.
I offer a calm, compassionate space where you can share, release, and make sense of your experience at your own pace.
In this space, tears, silence, or laughter are all welcome.
But my work goes beyond listening.
With years of experience in communication and emotional coaching, I actively support you in processing what has happened, finding meaning, and reconnecting to your own inner wisdom.
Through reflection, dialogue, and gentle guidance, I help you bring understanding and balance to the emotional landscape of the postpartum period.
Sometimes this also means facilitating communication — between partners, family members, or even with other health providers — so that everyone involved feels seen, heard, and understood.
This kind of presence creates clarity, harmony, and a stronger foundation for your family’s well-being.
Newborns communicate constantly — through movement, breathing, and subtle sounds.
I guide you in learning to observe and understand your baby’s cues, helping you see what they need before they cry.
From this awareness, caregiving becomes intuitive and calm.
We explore natural, responsive ways to hold, feed, soothe, and bond with your baby, supporting their physical comfort and emotional security.
This gentle, connected approach reduces stress, encourages deeper attachment, and empowers you to trust your instincts as parents.
My work weaves together the Dutch kraamzorg structure with holistic, personalized care that begins before birth and continues far beyond the first week.
While the insured kraamzorg hours provide the medical foundation, the real depth of my care lies in the connection, preparation, and nourishment we create together — often starting during pregnancy.
Because every family’s needs and wishes are unique, I offer several packages that bring both structure and freedom:
they allow us to get to know each other before birth, to prepare your home and heart for the postpartum period, and to ensure your recovery and bonding are supported on every level — physical, emotional, and energetic.
Each package combines the insured kraamzorg hours with a private contribution for the holistic elements that fall outside the standard system — such as herbal and homeopathic care, massage, bodywork, and deeper emotional guidance.
This way, you receive care that is complete, continuous, and truly yours — honoring your choices and your own rhythm as a family.
A gentle, connected beginning before birth.
For families who want to start their postpartum journey with warmth and familiarity.
We meet before birth online for an extendend inake
Includes light herbal, homeopathic and bodywork support during your postpartum period, and the full insured kraamzorg care after birth.
Private contribution: €260
Depth, continuity, and natural support before and after birth.
For families who want more than medical care — a calm, holistic foundation for the transition into parenthood.
Includes two prenatal sessions online to prepare emotionally and practically, herbal, homeopathic support and body work during labor and the kraamweek, and a follow-up session online to integrate, reflect, and nourish recovery.
Private contribution: €559
Comprehensive, ongoing care that supports body, emotions, and bonding.
For families who want full continuity and a deep sense of being held through every phase.
Includes two prenatal visits for connection, bodywork, and partner preparation, one online and one live; a complete herbal, homeopathic body work package; full insured kraamzorg care; and an online follow-up to integrate the first weeks.
Private contribution: €750
Additional sessions such as closing rituals, bodywork treatments, or extended herbal care can be added to any package.
We can tailor everything to your wishes, creating care that truly fits your journey.
We’ll start with a short introductory call (around 15 minutes) — a moment to meet, sense if we’re a good fit, and discuss your wishes.
After that, we’ll select your package and plan your prenatal visit(s) so that we can prepare your care in harmony with your needs.
If you’re interested, simply send me a WhatsApp message (+31-646250675) with your due date and where you live, so I can check my availability.
If I’m available, we’ll schedule our first call and begin planning your care together.
💛 Every family’s beginning is unique.
My role is to honor your choices, bring calm and clarity, and make sure you feel held and supported in this special transition.