Birth Centres in Belgium

More parents in Belgium are seeking alternatives to the usual medicalized birth methods and are opting for gentler approaches that respect women's bodies and babies' natural rhythms. This shift has resulted in the creation of several birth centers across the country in recent years.

Brussels Birth Centres

• At Pass-ages in Forest, pregnant women can have their pregnancies monitored and give birth, provided the delivery is low-risk. The environment is warm and peaceful, allowing women to choose their preferred birthing positions and relax in a bath if they wish. After the birth and a period of rest for the family, they can return home relatively quickly.
  
  Follow-up care is provided at home by a midwife. Pass-ages works with the Amala midwifery team and has an agreement with the maternity ward of CHU Saint-Pierre to guarantee continuity of care and support in the event of a transfer.

Walloon Brabant Birth Centres

• Midwives Stephanie Wampach and Samanta Burresi at the Pandore birth centre in Braine l’Alleud can support women before, during and after birth. Their birth centre can welcome 4-6 babies per month in a space designed for physiological births that offers an inspiring view.
  
  With the Pandora midwives you can give birth at their birth centre, at home, or at Erasme’s Cocon birth centre or Ixelles hospital.

Flemish Brabant Birth Centres

• Bolle Buik midwife Patty Docx runs ‘Birth and breakfast’ (site in Dutch) at her home in Viersel, Flanders. This is a small birth centre, where you can give birth in the comfort of a home setting, under the watchful eye of a midwife.

Wallonia Birth Centres

• Founded in 2005, L’Arche de Noé in Namur has a team of midwives who will support you from the moment you want to have a child, before, during and after the birth until your baby’s first birthday. For the birth of your baby, depending on your plan, they can welcome you in the rooms of the birth centre or join you at home for a home birth.