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Deciding to Have Kids or Not When Living Abroad

Podcast |: The Expat Cast
Publisher |: theexpatcast
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Interview,; Personal Journals,; Places & Travel,; Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |: Places & Travel,; Society & Culture
Publication Date |: Mar 24, 2022
Episode Duration |: 01:02:06

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Season 6, Episode 25. Do you want to have kids or not? How has your geography impacted this?

We asked these questions to the listener community, and fellow expats, immigrants, people living abroad shared their pros and cons, their talking points, their feelings, their beliefs, their dreams. Their answers range from YES to NO to MAYBE, and they're gathered here for you.

This marks the end of season six! What a gift it's been - 150 episodes and nearly 4 years of podcasting. Thank you to everyone who has formed the community of listeners, which creates a safe space for us to take on these difficult topics.

This episode is sponsored by MyExpatTaxes. Use the code EXPATCAST to save 10%!

RESOURCES

Cheryl Strayed's essay, The Ghost Ship that Didn't Carry Us

BeMyTravelMuse's video, How I Decided to Have Kids (Not an Easy Choice!)

Edna Bonhomme's essay, Infertility Stung Me: Black Motherhood and Me

SharetheLove Blog's post, Pregnancy Troubles as the Expat

WantedAdventures's video, STOP ASKING ME IF I'M HAVING KIDS

Balancing Stories episode, What if I Don't Want Kids?

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

GUESTS

Julian, former guest for Finding Therapy in Germany

Casey, former guest for Becoming Bilingual and Visiting Home

Shaun from The Germany Experience, former guest for Raising a Son with Special Needs in Germany

Ashley, former guest for Pregnancy in Germany and Expat Mama

Meghan from Balancing Stories, former guest for Expat Resilience

Stefanie, former guest for Austria v Germany and Travel Germany: Stuttgart

Jorge from canadian.simplecast.com/">The Canadian Wants to Know

Steffi

Keltie

Chase from About Abroad

REVIEW

On Apple Podcasts

On Podchaser

On my website

CONNECT

theexpatcast.com

Instagram @theexpatcast

Twitter @theexpatcast

Season 6, Episode 25. Do you want to have kids or not? How has your geography impacted this? We asked these questions to the listener community, and fellow expats, immigrants, people living abroad shared their pros and cons, their talking points, their feelings, their beliefs, their dreams. Their answers range from YES to NO to MAYBE, and they're gathered here for you. This marks the end of season six! What a gift it's been - 150 episodes and nearly 4 years of podcasting. Thank you to everyone who has formed the community of listeners, which creates a safe space for us to take on these difficult topics. This episode is sponsored by MyExpatTaxes. Use the code EXPATCAST to save 10%! RESOURCES Cheryl Strayed's essay, The Ghost Ship that Didn't Carry Us BeMyTravelMuse's video, How I Decided to Have Kids (Not an Easy Choice!) Edna Bonhomme's essay, Infertility Stung Me: Black Motherhood and Me SharetheLove Blog's post, Pregnancy Troubles as the Expat WantedAdventures's video, STOP ASKING ME IF I'M HAVING KIDS Balancing Stories episode, What if I Don't Want Kids? The Midnight Library by Matt Haig GUESTS Julian, former guest for Finding Therapy in Germany Casey, former guest for Becoming Bilingual and Visiting Home Shaun from The Germany Experience, former guest for Raising a Son with Special Needs in Germany Ashley, former guest for Pregnancy in Germany and Expat Mama Meghan from Balancing Stories, former guest for Expat Resilience Stefanie, former guest for Austria v Germany and Travel Germany: Stuttgart Jorge from The Canadian Wants to Know Steffi Keltie Chase from About Abroad REVIEW On Apple Podcasts On Podchaser On my website CONNECT theexpatcast.com Instagram @theexpatcast Twitter @theexpatcast