It’s been seven hours and sixteen years…yes I know the song doesn’t go like that but it fits with the intro. It’s been a long time since Kirsty and Nikki have hit the maternity ward so we asked the Fatterati what it was like to have a baby away from home. We also did an expat mental health check, Nikki is now down to her last week as an expat before hitting the repatriation trail. Lots to discuss.
We also gave you our three favourite things (which we didn’t agree on) Nikki loves The Diplomat Kirsty not a fan. Come and have a listen and tell us what you think.
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2 Comments
Katarina
I loved this having given birth to our 2 girls here in Rome. I’m an adult TCK and Australian. My husband is Dutch.
One little quibble -you talk a lot about unmedicated home births being “European” or the norm for European friends. This is the norm in certain European countries like the Netherlands. However, Europe is vast and varies so much and not all of Europe is like the Netherlands. Here in Rome, for example, home births are extremely rare, birth is extremely medicalised (much more so than Australia) and, c-section rates are through the roof.
kirsty@shamozal.com
That’s a very good point! I’ll stop myself next time I make that sort of generalisation. Thanks!