The Birth Abroad Podcast

Ep. 16b - A Pakistani In Denmark, Singapore And Dubai - PART 2 (Mariam Ottimofiore)

Welcome back to the show! Today we hear Mariam's (IG: @andthenwemovedto) Part 2 to her stories of pregnancies and births literally all over the world :D In today's Part 2, Mariam shares falling pregnant by surprise in Singapore, and then moving to the United Arab Emirates where she gave birth. We discuss a variety of topics such as special considerations for prenatal care, legal discussions about being pregnant in an Arab country, breastfeeding, postpartum and even exercising choice over circumcision despite socio-cultural pressures. Mariam recently published a book called This Messy Mobile Life which can be found on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/This-Messy-Mobile-Life-Globally/dp/1999304012 She can be found also on the following channels: IG: https://www.instagram.com/andthenwemovedto/?hl=en Website: http://andthenwemovedto.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/andthenwemovedto/about/?ref=page_internal Twitter: #andthenwemovedto Intro and Outro music: "Reverie" by IKSON

Ep. 16 - A Pakistani In Denmark, Singapore And Dubai (PART 1) - Mariam Ottimofiore

We have a world tour of an episode here this week! This is Part 1 of Mariam's (@andthenwemovedto) 2-part story where she takes us on a global adventure through her pregnancies and births. Mariam - who grew up in Pakistan, Bahrain and the US - met her German-Italian husband while living in the UK. In today's episode, Mariam shares her fertility journey which resulted in a conceiving via IVF in Denmark, an international move, and birth / postpartum in Singapore. In Part 2, she continues her story which included a naturally conceived 2nd pregnancy in Singapore, an international move, and a delivery and postpartum in the United Arab Emirates! It's an adventure of a story and I invite you all to come join us and take a listen to all the interesting comparisons and contrasts Mariam was able to convey between Scandinavian, Asian and Arab birth cultures and models of care!

Ep. 15 - "Locals Only" series: AUSTRALIA (Erin O'Halloran)

Welcome back to another episode on the Podcast! This week we have one heck of an episode ;D Erin comes on the show and tells us of her 3 extremely different births in Australia... one that might be considered somewhat traumatic with various interventions during delivery, one that came as a total surprise at home, and another that... well... you'll just have to listen to get the story :D Erin gives us fabulous insight also into the Australian model of care including pros and cons of public versus private insurance and hospitals as well as great advice on tandem breastfeeding