About me

I am a mother of three children, born in 1995, 2009 and 2014. (The two younger ones are with me in the picture below.)

My first child, a son, was born by caesarean section and as he was transferred to the children's hospital, we were physically separated from each other for a while. It was a difficult time for both of us, which made me want to become the person I wished had been there to support me and my child already during pregnancy, so that our path might have been a different one and we might have avoided many unnecessary interventions.

So I finally became a midwife in 2004 and since then I have helped many families to experience the processes of pregnancy, birth, baby and parenthood as enriching, beautiful experiences.

My two younger children, two daughters, were born when I was already a homebirth midwife myself. I had homebirths with them, which I experienced as largely self-determined and positive.

As a midwife, I specialised in providing continuous care to women and families, sometimes even from before conception, throughout the whole pregnancy, birth - homebirth if desired, often also water birth -, the postpartum and breastfeeding period and beyond. (Please note that at this moment I am not attending births.)

For women and couples who wish to give birth unattended, I help them prepare.

I believe in sharing my knowledge and experience with parents-to-be, young families, students, midwives, doulas, birthkeepers etc. 

When it comes to decision making, however, I feel it is very important that each person and each family  can, in freedom and dignity, with self-determination and self-responsibility, arrive at their own decisions.