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Pregnant in Deutschland

Interview with a Canadian Expat

August 30, 2007

Lynn is a Canadian expat that I made friends with in Potsdam who has since moved to Australia. When I met her, she had an almost two year old daughter and was six months pregnant. I’d been opening up more to the idea of being a mom, but getting to know her and seeing her [...]

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Asking for Questions

August 17, 2007

I’ve gotten some emails asking about the prenatal and postnatal care and the birth process in Germany. I’ve decided the best thing to do is make a post answering all the questions, so if you have any questions about the procedures, ask in the comments, and I’ll do my best to answer them in an [...]

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The Long-Awaited Birth Story

August 12, 2007

Here it is, the long-awaited birth story. Rainer says it’s too detailed, but that’s just my style, so feel free to skim or even skip this post entirely if you so desire. I decided to leave in all the gory details, so be warned, it’s not for the weak of heart (or stomach)!
It all began [...]

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Geburtsvorbereitung, Teil 6

July 11, 2007

On Monday night, we had our sixth and final birth preparation class at the hospital. I really, really wanted to skip the class. I was tired and I’d decided that it wasn’t really giving me anything, but I felt bad since it’s covered by insurance and what if this was the one time that the [...]

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Geburtsvorbereitung, Teil 5

July 3, 2007

I’ve now entered the stage of pregnancy where it’s almost impossible to sleep. And most likely, this will not improve any time in the next few years. Yippee!
Last night we had our 5th birth preparation class. We started out with meditation and y’all know how I feel about that, then we moved on to practicing [...]

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

June 30, 2007

I really don’t have very much interesting to say today, but Rainer tells me that it’s been two days with no new blog entries and that’s just no good!
The nesting thing seems to have been a false alarm. I spent the last few days sleeping (post-cleaning exhaustion, I think) and not having bad contractions or [...]

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Geburtsvorbereitung, Teil 4

June 27, 2007

Another week, another class. On Monday, the husbands made their first appearance in birthing class and we officially crossed the halfway mark, only two more classes to muddle through now. We spent about an hour meditating all together, some at the beginning, some at the end. The instructor played New Agey music and said things [...]

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