Jouw geboorte begon in de nacht van dinsdag 25 juni. Ik was op 28 mei gestopt met werken en wachtte sindsdien vol ongeduld op jou. Toen je maar niet kwam, had ik het uiteindelijk losgelaten. Dus toen ik merkte dat de weeën – die al een tijdje aanwezig waren – gevoeliger werden in mijn onderrug, maakte ik me geen zorgen. Maar toen papa wakker werd, vertelde ik het hem toch, voor de zekerheid. ’s Ochtends ben ik nog naar de supermarkt gegaan, heb ik de was geplooid, wat van je

I think what Geboortpad team did for me, in one sentence, is give me back my self confidence . Both as a mother and as a woman. It is not that I have had lost it, but more like it was never honoured in such a way that it creates the foundation to rely on it in the most vulnerable times. My journey with them started around February 2024, when I was almost mid-way in my pregnancy. I was determined to have a homebirth and I was looking for “the” team.. In Belgium, I find that i

Birth and a « quiet » source of power There is a kind of power that doesn’t announce itself with speeches or titles. It arrives in a room, sometimes dim, sometimes loud, sometimes ordinary, and it changes a woman forever. Birth, when experienced in a way that supports a woman’s full capacity, can become a deep knowing: I can do hard things. I can move through intensity. I can bring life through me. I can trust myself. That knowing can echo for decades. Not because giving birt