Midwife on the Move
My compass points beyond.
My ambition does not stop at my own practice. In the longer term, I want to use my knowledge as a midwife in places where good maternal and newborn care is less readily available.
Care during pregnancy and birth does not look the same everywhere.
Available resources, access to healthcare, local customs and social circumstances all influence which choices are possible.
Good care therefore begins not with imposing solutions, but with listening, understanding and working together.
International ambition
Using knowledge where it can make a difference.
In the longer term, I want international collaboration to become part of my work as a midwife.
I am thinking of care settings where access to antenatal follow-up, safe birth care or postpartum support is less readily available.
Not as someone arriving from outside to tell others how care should be organised, but as a midwife who wants to collaborate, share knowledge and learn from local expertise.
Collaboration
Local knowledge comes first.
Every community has its own knowledge, customs, challenges and solutions.
International healthcare work can only be sustainable when it starts from the local context and strengthens existing care structures.
For me, that means listening to local midwives and healthcare professionals, working with existing organisations and not assuming that our way is automatically the best way.
Sharing knowledge
Learning goes both ways.
For me, international collaboration is not only about bringing knowledge.
Other care settings can teach us a great deal about creativity, physiological birth care, community-based care and working with limited resources.
I therefore want reciprocity to remain central: sharing what I know while staying open to what others can teach me.
Good collaboration begins with respect.
Maternal and newborn care
Safe care should not depend on where you are born.
Pregnancy and birth are physiological processes, but complications can arise anywhere.
Good basic care, timely recognition of risks and access to appropriate medical support can make a major difference.
Even basic things such as reliable information, hygiene, follow-up after birth and breastfeeding support can have an important impact.
A direction
Not a separate care service yet.
At present, Midwife on the Move is not a separate care service within KOMPAS.
It is a direction in which I hope to develop my work in the future.
First, I want to build my own practice, gain experience and continue deepening my knowledge as a midwife.
After that, I hope to create space, step by step, to contribute internationally as well.
Midwife on the Move
Care knows no borders.
Where someone lives, which language they speak or how many resources are available does not change the value of good care.
Every journey deserves the best care, wherever it begins.