Postpartum Doulas in Amsterdam

A postpartum doula (kraamdoula) supports the whole household after birth: rest, recovery, feeding support, newborn care questions, meals, light household help and a calm person to talk to. The work is practical and non-medical. It sits alongside your regular kraamzorg, not instead of it.

Every family in the Netherlands is entitled to kraamzorg: an insured maternity nurse (kraamverzorgende) who visits for roughly the first eight days and checks mother and baby. A postpartum doula is a private extra, often booked for the weeks after kraamzorg ends, and focuses on rest, recovery and confidence rather than medical checks.

Seven of the eight doulas here publish a rate. Hourly rates run from €52 to €65 an hour. Packages range from €197 for a single postpartum home package to €599 and up for multi-visit support, €695 for twelve hours, and €1200 for two weeks. Each figure is quoted verbatim from the doula’s own site; where a doula does not publish a rate, the field is blank.

Usually not. Kraamzorg is insured, but a private postpartum doula is normally paid for yourself. Some supplementary policies reimburse specific services, so check your own policy. Where a doula prints her own note about reimbursement, we show it.

Yes. Most doulas on this page work in English as well as Dutch, and Ombretta Dettori of Ayu Doula works in English and Italian. Each profile lists the languages the doula states.

Many doulas take a limited number of families per month, so book in the second or early third trimester if you can. Some keep space for last-minute requests. A free introductory call is common and is the fastest way to check fit and availability.