Where do the Doula Angels work?

Verloskundigen Amsterdam Zuid and the Doula Academy invented the unique concept of the Doula Angels. Together, since 2023, they have invested time and money to offer those women who desire a doula at their hospital bed, to provide them with one.

Many midwives work from the belief that the familiar midwife from the practice prefers to stay at the birth themselves, even if it becomes medical and the clinical staff takes over. She quite often does stay, if possible. But sometimes there is no other option for the own midwife to leave since she needs to assist another woman in labour.

The clinical midwife/ doctor and the nurse in the hospital take over the care. They are working with the intention to spend as much time and attention to the birthing lady as she'd like to receive. However, currently, the staff shortage is quite severe. Continuous attendance of the same caregiver in the delivery room can absolutely not be guaranteed. And it is precisely the continuity of only one caregiver that has been proven to be successful in childbirths. So much that it helps to have a positive birth experience!

The Doula Angels are happy to help out on the clinical delivery ward. They are available to every pregnant woman or couple who'd like to receive continuous guidance during labor. The Doula Angels are a team of specially selected and certified Birth Doulas who, from January 2024, will be available not only in Amsterdam but also in Amstelveen, Haarlem, and Rotterdam.

On this map, you can find the participating practices who are working together with the Doula Angels.