Eine liebe Freundin, die gerade im Wochenbett liegt, hat mich gebeten etwas über das Wochenbett zu schreiben. Um endlich mal aufzuräumen, mit dem ganzen touchy-feely Nonsens, den man so in Geburtsvorbereitungskursen lernt. Um mal die Wahrheit zu sagen, über all das, was einen erwartet, wenn man mühevoll nach stundenlanger Quälerei ein Baby aus sich herausgepresst oder es bei vollem Bewusstsein aus dem Bauch herausgeschnitten bekommen hat. Um aufzuklären und dafür zu sensibilisieren, dass das Wochenbett meist ganz anders verläuft, als man es sich vorgestellt hat.
Category Archives: First time
Have we forgotten how to be grateful?
If I have learnt anything from being pregnant and giving birth it is that we should be way more grateful. Every day without severe pain or physical restrictions is a good day; every day when all your loved ones are happy and healthy needs to be cherished; every day you are able to enjoy good food and have enough of it is a gift – but we tend to forget that.
10 things I am looking forward to about not being pregnant anymore
This December is very special for me because nine months of pure pregnancy fun (wink wink) are coming to an end and I must say: I have severely underestimated the process of producing a human being in one’s own uterus. So, in order to celebrate and anticipate the soon ending of my pregnancy, I have composed a list of the top ten things I am looking forward to about not being pregnant anymore.
Spoil yourself: A once-in-a-lifetime-stay at the Juvet landscape hotel
Have you seen the movie “Ex Machina”? If you have, you might remember the gorgeous nature-setting where the secret KI-research facility was located that serves as the movie’s main site. I can still recall pretty specifically how fascinated I was by the lush greenery, the beautiful mountains, the waterfalls and the secludedness of it all …
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In love with Norway
This summer one of my travel-dreams finally came true: we went to Norway for two weeks! Read this if you are interested in suggestions for your Norway-cation (wink wink) This summer one of my travel-dreams finally came true: we went to Norway for two weeks! Read this if you are interested in suggestions for your Norway-cation (wink wink) or simply if you’re in the mood for looking at beautiful pictures..
What’s a “career”?
At first, it seems like such a simple question, but for me the definition of what a “career” really is has changed throughout the jobs I have had so far in my life. Four jobs and four very different angles on a goal that almost everybody strives for.
What I didn’t expect, since I’ve been expecting
And then suddenly you are pregnant. One random morning before work you pee on a stick, see the little second pink line in the control window and realize: everything will change now. And as if this mental load that you have to carry around for three months without being able to tell anyone else than …
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When was the last time you did something for the first time?
You might have noticed that this post’s headline is a question – and a very thought provoking one, I would guess. In my impression, we often lose ourselves so much in our daily routine that we forget how important it is to get out of our own comfort zone every once in a while and …
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Things I overthought 