The website www.loes.nl lists courses and information evenings to prepare you for the birth and the first weeks afterwards. For example:
- Baby on the way
- Well prepared for the birth
- Breast or bottle feeding
- Breastfeeding course
- Course for parents-to-be
- Having children in the Netherlands
- When fear takes over
Every month ZGT holds information evenings about giving birth in hospital and about breastfeeding. There is no charge. You can sign up by filling in a form online — click here for more information.
There are also courses to prepare you for the birth itself, such as:
- Pregnancy yoga
- Haptonomy
- Giving birth together
- Mensendieck/Cesar exercise therapy
- Swimming for pregnant women
- ZwangerFit®
- Hypnobirthing
Breast or bottle feeding?
It is worth giving careful thought to how you will feed your newborn baby: breast or bottle. Courses on this can be found on the hospital's website or at www.loes.nl.