When I found out I was pregnant with Lucy and readily assured we would have no visa issues to worry about throughout the pregnancy, I allowed myself to finally get excited about having a baby in Austria, which if you remember – that was the plan with Elliott, and yet he was born in the land of cowboys and constant earthquakes. I have several American friends who’ve had babies in the U.S. as well as Austria, and the majority of those women said that if they were to have more babies, they’d want to have them here – in Austria. Interesting, I thought, that my friends preferred another country, another culture, and another language to their own. What’s the pull, and would I feel the same way?
Now after having had a baby in the U.S. and a baby in Austria, I’ve come to my decision based on a few important factors:
