Breastfeeding is often described as “the most natural thing in the world”, but it is not… Moms need to be guided and supported along the journey, because it could be overwhelming and frustrating sometimes. And for expat-moms could be even harder,...
Giving birth during a hurricane is definitely an uncommon experience. Giorgia tells us about it in this beautiful and detailed article. Thanks a lot Giorgia and best wishes to you, your family and Puerto Rico. Hurricane Irma had already passed...
We thank Silvia for sharing her experience of a cesarean birth in Bangalore, India, with lots of local folklore! I arrived in Bangalore in April 2013 from Italy. My husband’s work had previously taken him to Cairo. My work had...
Claudiaexpat tells us about her African pregnancies. Even though 25 years have passed since I clasped a white plastic stick telling me that I was pregnant in a small isolated town in Angola, the memories of my African pregnancies are...
Mociexpat shares her experience of being pregnant in Budapest. Being pregnant can involve a whole spectrum of emotions: it can be exciting, complicated, painful, uneasy, difficult, emotionally upsetting, it can scare or calm, it can be all of this or...
Colleen Simmonds is British and South African, and she has been living in Singapore for years. There, she teaches Yoga, particularly Prenatal Yoga. We have interviewed her here, and today she comes back to Expatclic with a very interesting article she...
We thank MumInBermuda for this detailed account of her experience of being pregnant in Tokyo and giving birth in Bermuda! A first pregnancy abroad… I experienced it not in just one but two different countries! It was not an easy...
Lise delivered a baby girl in January 2009 in Singapore. It is her second child, the first having being born in France. The pregnancy There are many excellent maternity and OB-GY in Singapore. I’d say the hardest thing is to...
My name is Kirsten, I am American and my husband Holger is German. I gave birth in Belgium to Rebecca in April 1999, Henry in August 2000 and Isabel in August 2002. When I found out in November 2003 that I...
