The hospital bag was never the whole story.
Every pregnancy book assumes you have a village. Maternity Abroad is for the mother whose village is on the wrong continent, whose appointments happen in a language she is still learning, or whose birth plan has to cross a system she has never used before.
This is not a checklist or a five-step guide to a successful expat pregnancy. It is a practical, emotionally honest companion to prenatal care, birth, paperwork, advocacy, postpartum support, and the specific loneliness of becoming a mother far from home.
