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April 2020

News update midwifery care corona virus

By Nieuws

In response to the latest information from RIVM and the changes to the measures in the country with regard to the coronavirus, our professional organization, the KNOV, is making new recommendations for medically responsible safe care. The current adjustment of the measures ensures that obstetric care meets the needs of our clients better. We hereby inform you about new measures in our practice, as of this week:

We are able to offer everyone an early ultrasound again at eight weeks of pregnancy, regardless of medical indication. We will contact our clients to schedule an appointment.

We will discuss your questions and provide you with any necessary information during your check-up at the practice. This means that the telephone consultation prior to the appointment will be canceled. We try to keep 1.5 meter distance as much as possible and strictly adhere to the hygiene measures. We keep asking pregnant women to come alone to the appointments. So, unfortunately, without a partner, children or others.

We kindly request you to wash or disinfect your hands when you arrive at the practice. In the waiting area you will find dispensers with hand sanitizer that you can use. In Buitenveldert you will find this dispenser in the consulting room.

The current check-up interval is maintained. We only do check-ups at the practice that are medically necessary. At 23 and 33 weeks of pregnancy you will receive an additional appointment for a consultation by phone. We will send you this appointment by email. If the scheduled time does not suit you, we kindly ask you to contact our assistant, so we can change the appointment right away.

When you have a check-up appointment, we still ask you to check in advance whether you are having symptoms of the flu/cold, or whether you may have had risk contact with an infected person. If that’s the case, don’t come to the practice. If you have an appointment with us, we request that you contact the assistant by telephone or email. In each situation, we will find a solution in the care you need.

During the first week after the delivery we will come for a postpartum visit once, if desired. The other visits, as we did in recent times, are done by telephone as much as possible or by video calling with FaceTime or Zoom. We will ask you what you prefer.

We would like to let you know that it is important to contact us with any questions when you are unsure or worried. Do not wait when you have concerns, but call the practice or our emergency number.

We would like to ask you to keep checking our news updates via our website in the near future. When there is relevant information from our practice again, we will inform you here.

Information evening and antenatal classes online

By Nieuws

Earlier we informed you about the measures we had to take to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Centering Pregnancy meetings and information evenings cannot continue in the way as it was before. Many birthing classes from others were canceled as well. We would like to inform you how you still can attend our information evening about labour and delivery online. We will also tell you which online antenatal classes are available and how you can get in touch with care providers with whom we collaborate during pregnancy.

Information evening Labour and delivery

We have chosen to offer the upcoming evening session ‘Labour and delivery’ online with a Zoom meeting. This will take place on Tuesday April 28 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.

You’ll get lots of information and tips for the upcoming period. This is especially useful if this is your first birth in the Netherlands. You are also very welcome to join if you are expecting a second or next child and want to refresh your knowledge.

We recommend to attend this evening around 30 weeks of pregnancy. The next meeting is scheduled for June 30. If it is too late for you, please join now!

You can register by sending an email to our practice. Then you will receive an invitation with the required Zoom link no later than one day prior to the meeting. If you do not receive this, please check for spam in your mail. Otherwise please send us an email and we will try again.

Online antenatal class

If you want to prepare even better for the birth, then take a birthing class in addition to our information evening:

You can achieve this by following an online antenatal class with ‘BevalWijzer’ (Delivery Guide). This is often fully or partially reimbursed by your additional insurance. The total duration is 4.5 hours, which can be arranged at your own pace: www.bevalwijzer.nl/welcome/?lang=en

You can also register for an online course from ‘Rondom de Geboorte’ (Around the birth), an initiative from the Youth Health Centre in Amsterdam. Rondom de Geboorte provides antenatal classes and postnatal classes for parents of newborns: https://rondomdegeboorte.nl

We have good experience with antenatal coaching by Barbara Corsetto, from Practice for hypnotherapy & pregnancy counseling. She is able to guide pregnant women towards a relaxed delivery via video calling. She teaches you hypnosis exercises and sends you material, both in writing and with audio files: https://bevallen Zonderzorgen.nl/deskundigen/barbara-corsetto/

Preparation Breastfeeding

Our information evening ‘Breastfeeding’ with lactation consultant Sanne Koeman has been canceled. To prepare yourself as well as possible for breastfeeding, you can request a presentation with information and videos from her. You will receive this after you fill in the contact form on her website: www.sannekoemanlactatiekundige.nl/contactlactatiekunde
Sanne is able to give telephone consultations when necessary.

Mensendieck Movement Therapy

When you have pelvic pain during pregnancy, you can contact mensendieck movement therapist Francis Sieverding. She gives treatments in her practice or via a video consultation with Clickdoc: www.oefentherapiemensendieck-amstelveen.nl

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