“Challenging Births” - ZUTPHEN, NETHERLANDS

In the Netherlands, and other countries too, there is a rising number of complicated hospital births, even though we have a rich history of home births. Failure to progress in dilation, requests for pain relief and fear are examples of causes attributing to this trend. Learning more about helpful attitudes and techniques that are useful when attending birth is valuable. To prevent a preliminary intervention with a risk of further medicalization of birth we are happy Naoli teaches a rich body of work on this topic rooted in her long experience as a home birth midwife.

Birth is a physiological event for which all beings are usually well prepared (in body, mind and spirit, of both mother and baby), however, in a small percentage of cases (10-15% according to the World Health Organization), it becomes essential to deliver special expert and wise care by the midwife or other professional assisting…