Pregnancy in Germany with Ashley and Appleseed

Season 1, Episode 10. Ashley, from Teaching English Abroad, is back on the show, this time with a special guest: her baby boy! Ashley is eight months pregnant when she sits down to tell The Expat Cast all about what it's like to be pregnant as an expat in Germany. Maternity leave, midwives, and Mutterpass - we touch on it all.

We also learn that it's fruitless to search for a baby shower card in Germany, where people might envision infants raining down on you in a tub, and we examine how apartment living can force anyone to be a minimalist, even in preparation for big things like starting a family.

RESOURCES

• Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children by Sara Zaske
• The Shit No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year by Don Dais
• Local.de's guide to parental leave in Germany
• How To Germany's guide to having a baby in Germany
• Berlin for All the Family's guide to the Mutterpass
• Handbook Germany's site on pregnancy
• The German Way's super detailed post on prenatal care

 

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