Wetenschap | Birth Matters

De Living of AZ Monica: ‘A piece of home in the hospital’.

May 6, 2021 | Wetenschap

Two years ago, ‘De Living’ opened in AZ Monica in Deurne. It is a homely room with a box-spring bed, bathtub and mood lighting where you can give birth with your own midwife. A kind of home birth within the walls of the hospital. The walls are painted yellow and...

Feeling anxious or depressed? Something can be done to help!

Jan 12, 2021 | Wetenschap

Many of us may experience an off-day or the baby blues, but what if you are feeling downright depressed or anxious during pregnancy or after birth? First, you are definitely not alone! Some twenty percent of young families suffer from mental health problems during or...

Being on cloud nine is not really the postpartum reality

Jan 5, 2021 | Wetenschap

Pregnancy and postpartum entail many changes, both on a physical and psychological level. You will come across many mental challenges. Don’t panic when this occurs. It is fairly common and perfectly normal. By Dr. An-Sofie Van Parys Picture by Anton Darius Calm and...

After the baby, comes the placenta!

Dec 22, 2020 | Wetenschap

The birth of the placenta. It accompanies every birth. Usually it comes naturally, sometimes it has to be assisted. How does it work and why is it sometimes necessary to intervene? Picture by Caromama Bleeding after birth, sometimes caused by the placenta, can have...

Your baby is hungry for your touch, too! Why skin to skin contact is of vital importance for babies

Dec 1, 2020 | Wetenschap

The worldwide pandemic of Covid has made it rather clear that physical contact is necessary for our wellbeing. Not only adults need skin to skin contact, babies require it as a basic need, as shown by ample scientific research. It is even harmful to separate a baby...

To measure is to know – The childbirth statistics of the independent midwives working in Flanders and Brussels

Nov 13, 2020 | Wetenschap

How many labours and births in Belgium are midwife led and so guided and supported from start till the end by the independent midwife? Due to the current way in which birth registrations are happening, we simply don’t know. In the working group ‘midwife led care’,...