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Here you can find professional, scientific based, easy to read information about topics related to child birth.
A short lesson that helps you choose method of birth
A short lesson about the pros and cons of “painless birth” (referring to epidural in China)
A short lesson about appropriate exercise in pregnancy
A short lesson about methods to help cope with labour pain
I am a Dutch lactation consultant (IBCLC) with a background in midwifery. I have worked with pregnant and newly delivered mothers in the UK, The Netherlands, and China. I worked and lived in China for more than twenty years. This helped me to understand the Chinese situation, their traditions, and their thinking concerning childbirth and breastfeeding. I have trained and supported medical personnel, pregnant and newly delivered women in different parts of China. I love helping women and their partners to prepare for the birth of their baby, for breastfeeding, and for taking care of a new life. I speak Dutch, English, and Chinese fluently.
One day I visited a mom at home who had faithfully attended all my classes. Her pregnancy finished two months earlier than expected and hoped for. After the birth of her premature baby, the baby is transferred to the children’s hospital, after a couple of days the mom is discharged home. She goes home without
As I wrote in my last blog: I sometimes wonder if there is any point in my doing this lactation work: teaching the mothers, the staff and helping the breastfeeding mothers. Apart from seeing the mothers on the ward, I do a lot of teaching in different hospitals, both in the city as well as
The hospital I work at is the largest in the county. All mothers from surrounding towns and villages are encouraged to have their babies in this hospital. Having said this, very high risk pregnancies and babies are referred to the main hospitals in the nearby city, Taiyuan. During my breastfeeding rounds, I have seen several
One day I visited a mom at home who had faithfully attended all my classes. Her pregnancy finished two months earlier than expected and hoped for. After the birth of her premature baby, the baby is transferred to the children’s hospital, after a couple of days the mom is discharged home. She goes home without
As I wrote in my last blog: I sometimes wonder if there is any point in my doing this lactation work: teaching the mothers, the staff and helping the breastfeeding mothers. Apart from seeing the mothers on the ward, I do a lot of teaching in different hospitals, both in the city as well as
