During an internship in the maternity wards of Tanzania, part of my nursing studies, I immediately felt it: this is what I want to do.

Back in the Netherlands, I followed my heart and began training as a midwife.

In the ten years that followed, I worked with great love and dedication at a midwifery practice in Amsterdam.

There, I had the privilege of guiding hundreds of women and their partners through pregnancy, birth, and the early days of parenthood.

 

My own path to motherhood began a few years ago.

After stopping the pill, my periods didn’t return, and I was diagnosed with PCOS.

The message was clear: getting pregnant naturally would be difficult, and hormone treatment was “the only option.”

But deep down, I knew; this isn’t my way.

 

Within the medical system, I found little support, so I started my own research. With the help of a dietitian, acupuncture, lifestyle and nutrition adjustments, and a deeper understanding of the effects of stress and the nervous system on the cycle, my body gradually found its way back to balance.

My cycle returned, and without medication, I conceived our son Mees. Three years later, our daughter Loua followed.