Midwifery Care
Check-up appointments
In the beginning of your pregnancy you will come about once a month for a check-up. This will increase in frequency until the end of your pregnancy when you will come once a week. At essentially all of your appointments you will see one of us. It may happen that due to our appointment schedule or your own schedule it may be more convenient to have your check-up with Team Bijlmermeer/De Ronde Venen
Birth
If you do not have a medical indication then one of the midwives from Team 2 will provide the care during labor and delivery. This is Team Gaasperdam/Arena/Gein or Team Bijlmermeer/De Ronde Venen, so aside from Melissa and Isa this is Ank, Marike, Emma, Leanne, Maylis or Remke. Depending on your preferences this can be at home or in the hospital. We have a lot of experience with water births. We change shifts for who is on-call for deliveries every 24 hours.
Postpartum Week
Elsa
Paula
Our experienced maternity nurses Elsa and Paula do all of the postpartum visits for Team Gaasperdam/Arena/Gein. We strive to have at least one of the visits during the postpartum week to be done by one of the midwives from Team Gaasperdam/Arena/Gein, if possible the midwife who attended the birth.
Ultrasounds
Maylis
Remke
Melissa
All ultrasound scans (early viability scan, dating scan, 13 and 20-week, growth, fetal position) are made by one of Vida’s midwife sonographers. For Team Gaasperdam/Arena/Gein this is Maylis Sanjuan, Remke Grootenhuis and Melissa Sloot.
Together, we will discuss which ultrasound scans are applicable to your pregnancy.
Maylis and Remke also provide our contraception care. Aside from making ultrasounds, you will also see Maylis, Remke and Melissa as midwives, and who know, maybe even at your birth!
The ultrasound appointments take place at our location at the health center Reigersbos.
Prenatal Consultations
Melissa and Isa do prenatal consultations on various days. All of the appointments are at the health center Reigersbos and health center Hondsrugpark.
Availability
Your midwife is reachable 24/7 for births and emergencies. If the midwife is already busy with a delivery then another Vida midwife from team 1 will come to provide the care during your birth. This does not happen often.
