by Editorial Team | Health, New to Amsterdam, Pregnancy, Quick Start
Are you pregnant? The American Woman’s Club of Amsterdam (AWCA) recently compiled an informative brochure containing an extensive list of resources for pregnant mamas-to-be in the Netherlands. We are pleased to feature a selection from their “Having a Baby...
by Sonja Wraith | Health, Mental Health, Pregnancy
The Single Working Expat Mom shares the benefits of using a doula for single expecting expats. Being pregnant, especially for the first time, is a wonderful amazing beautiful life-changing miracle that will make you radiate, look like the goddess herself and...
by Alodia Santos | Bicycling, Birth Stories, Pregnancy
A humorous hospital birth involving heroic pushing and threats of violence, read on to see how it all went down… When you’re pregnant in the Netherlands, it seems that the default way is having a midwife and a home birth. You have to make a...
by Carmen Popescu | Birth Stories, Pregnancy
10 percent of women suffer from PCOS, which can affect their chances of conceiving. Read on for one woman’s roller-coaster story from diagnosis to baby. In my late teens, I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome) and I found out that...
by Heather McParland | Birth Stories, Pregnancy
The Expatish Mama, Heather, tells her story of IVF to mamahood. Including a cautionary tale on the effects of prune juice during birth… Not for the faint-hearted. My name is Heather, I’m 39 years old (but I have the elbows and knees of a...