Planning to travel during your pregnancy? I gave birth while on my babymoon in another country—and it was a medical and logistical nightmare.

Giving birth on your babymoon is the worst-case scenario

This definitely wasn’t part of the birth plan.

Giving birth on your babymoon is the worst-case scenario—and it happened to me

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Giving birth on your babymoon is the worst-case scenario—and it happened to me