For many expatriate wives, having a baby overseas is a rite of passage. Traveling wives can sit around for hours exchanging pregnancy war stories of hospitals and deliveries the way others exchange travel tales of lost luggage and delayed flights. You may, like me, choose to have one child abroad and one at home, wherever home may be. When you return to your country, there may not be that assistance at such a low price.
Nothing is normal .
The family income may be higher, servants may be available, and there could be any number of factors which will make your overseas life different from what you may be returning to after a few years. Having had my first child abroad, I'm in a good position to assist with this soul searching and perhaps shed some light on the subject. Once again, I hope to not only answer some of your questions, but lead you to discover others that may need to be asked. So while having a baby can be just as easy while living abroad as it can be at home, never take that fact for granted. In high risk cases, doctors will point you in the direction of home.