Support Pregnant Women in Building a Stronger Community!

Mothers need a village to feel safe and connected, especially during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. If you're new to the Netherlands, that means building your own support network before your baby arrives. This event is designed to help expecting and new parents connect, learn, and feel supported.

It's going to be a day of education, connection, and empowerment for pregnant women via expert-led sessions on birth and postpartum preparation, exercise, while creating an opportunity to build a strong support network with like-minded mothers.

Why This Matters

Expat women often face additional challenges during pregnancy, including:

• A lack of familiar support systems

• Difficulty navigating a new healthcare system

• Language and cultural barriers

Join us for the first ‘Find Your Village’ Day!

28th of June | 10:00 - 16:00 | Location: Noord Brabantlaan 309, 5657 GB Eindhoven

If the payment options aren’t working for you, please send an email to:

 julianna.feron@gmail.com — You will receive a Tikkie link and a confirmation via email.

What’s Included in Your Ticket (aka Donation)

Expert-led workshops

Insights from professional birth and postnatal professionals, and pre and postnatal exercise therapists. come in something comfy because we’ll do exercise. 

Interactive sessions: Learn about breastfeeding, preparing for postpartum period, childbirth and pain management options in the Netherlands, and safe prenatal workouts

Mini Mama Market

Shop around for the cutest handmade baby toys, and learn about services, like baby massage and baby spa from our vendors.

Community building

Meet other expat moms(-to-be), share experiences, make friends, and join our monthly meetups after the event or book our services for more tailored help

Practical takeaways

You’ll be richer with practical pregnancy tips and will learn how to put yourself first priority so that you can take care of your baby. 

How to Join?

We’re organizing this event as a community-powered project. Your donation is your entry ticket!

You can also donate your ticket. If you are not attending please let us know and we can make a mama happy with this amazing opportunity.

Your support will make this event accessible and impactful for as many expecting moms as possible. Your contribution will go towards:

• Venue rental

• Compensation for expert speakers

• Materials, snacks & drinks

• A cozy, well-prepared space to welcome you

Every donation, big or small, will make a difference in helping us create a space where expat women can feel seen, supported, and empowered in their pregnancy journey.

Suggested donation: €36,50-€65,50

(If you’re on a tight budget, reach out—we'll check if we have donation for you!)

Can’t Donate Right Now?

You can still help by:

• Sharing this campaign with your community
• Tagging a mama friend who needs this
• Spreading the word in expat and parenting groups

Topics to be discussed during the workshops

10:00-10:30 Event opens! Market browse and connect

10:30-11:15 Three Tips to Increase Breastfeeding Success

11:30-12:15 Increasing Your Confidence in Birth

12:30-13:30 Healthy lunch by the hotel (2 different soup options with lovely bread and delicious salade in a buffet setting and you'll have time to look around in the market

13:30-14:15  Prenatal (and Postnatal) Yoga

14:30-15:15 Physiological Birth & Common Interventions

15:30-16:15 Democratise Your Postpartum: Planning for the Postpartum Period

16:15-17:00 Borrel, gezellig! :) possibility to stay and make connections with other mamas and have a chat with the experts. Drinks are at your own expense at the hotel bar.

Support Us Today!

Your generosity will directly impact the well-being of expecting mothers in the expat community. Donate today and help us bring this vision to life!

If you can’t contribute financially, you can still support us by sharing this campaign with friends, family, and social networks.

Let’s create a home away from home to support mums to be—because no one should have to go through pregnancy feeling alone.

Thank you for making this possible!

Warm regards,

Anna Latham, Ingrid Bal, Julianna Feron 

About Anna:

Anna Latham (US) is a registered nurse, childbirth educator, lactation counselor, and birth doula from the U.S. With over a decade of experience, she has supported pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum families across the U.S., Vietnam, and the Netherlands. Now based in Heeze, near Eindhoven, Anna founded Empowered Birth Services in 2024 to provide evidence-based education and compassionate support to growing families. 

She is passionate about birth and empowering people to have positive and confident birth and breastfeeding experiences, helping them enter parenthood with knowledge and trust in their own abilities. As a mother of two, she enjoys biking, crafting, and sharing music with her daughters. 

About Ingrid:

Ingrid Bal (NL) is a postnatal doula, founder of the international charity Postnatal Support Network and representative at the birth client organization Buikencollectief. She serves postpartum mothers in her region of Eindhoven, gives training in postpartum care and represent the client perspective in national postpartum policy and research development.

Her experience and skills have been formed by being a mother of two boys, as a yoga teacher and trainer, as founder of the PSN charity, in corporate business and hospitality. She is married, has two sons and is a passionate gardener.

About Julianna:

Julianna Feron (HU) is an expat birth doula, pregnancy coach, and childbirth educator based in the Netherlands. With over five years of experience, she helps international parents navigate the Dutch maternity system and prepare for a confident, natural birth. Through her doula services, childbirth classes, pregnancy massages, and online courses, she supports expectant moms in taking charge of their birth—without overwhelm or (too much) fear. She guides them with warmth and calmness, always aiming to create a safe space where they can feel strong, informed, and in control.

As a mother of two and an expat herself, Julianna understands what it’s like to give birth in a new country. She’s passionate about sharing knowledge, building trust in the body, and offering practical tools that actually help during labor.

In her free time, you’ll find her swimming, running, or cycling—or diving deep into her latest obsession (currently: story telling and public speaking!). At home, she’s often being chased around the kitchen island by two tiny adventurers.