Nikah Hey sister I’m getting marrried to Turkish man. And surprisingly I am having my Nikah after the wedding, which is we will have a big party in a wedding hall and I’ll be tied red ribbon. After that we will go home and before entering his room or you can say after going to my husbaand to be’s home, I will have the Nikah. Now my question is, when did you have your Nikah? Did you have the way I am going to have? Please let me know
Cost of delivery in Germany I am considering having my first baby in Germany and would really love to have some idea about the cost so I can start saving up. My pregnancy is quite tender and I will be due in January. I live and work in Nigeria. Any useful information would be appreciated
Thanks
You will have to check with individual hospitals, but with every birth, as with ever medical situation, it all depends on what goes right and what goes wrong. The bigger issue for you will be a visa.
Invaluable Information, Thankyou I hadn't got a clue as to what to expect. Thankyou for enlightening me. I'm in a similar situation in that nobody bothers to tell the bride! I'm playing everything by ear. Maybe they think that the whole world does it the same way. Anyway, I'm gonna go with the flow. Thankyou, it was a good read. :)
Congratulations, and enjoy! The nice thing is that you don't have to plan a thing yourself :) Just remember to ask what's expected of you and what the plans are. Try to go with the flow as much as possible, but if you have ideas about certain things that mean a lot to you, be sure to make your opinion known. At the end of the day, it's the marriage that matters, though, not the wedding ;)
Invaluable Information, Thankyou I hadn't got a clue as to what to expect. Thankyou for enlightening me. I'm in a similar situation in that nobody bothers to tell the bride! I'm playing everything by ear. Maybe they think that the whole world does it the same way. Anyway, I'm gonna go with the flow. Thankyou, it was a good read. :)
Can you please recommend a midwife? Hi, can you please send me the contact of your midlife #2, please. I am 24 weeks pregnant, new to the town and with almost no German. So your midwife sounded perfect for me? :) Thank you. Best regards,
Tsvetelina
Parents in Munich Hello Tsvetelina, I no longer have her contact information, as it was so many years ago. But I now have three kids, and the third midwife was also great. The thing is, you have to find one who lives near you, because most of them are not able to travel too far. The best place to find help these days is on a Facebook group called Parents In Munich. There, you can ask any question you have, and someone will always answer it. There are also many documents on the Facebook page of the group, and I believe one has a list of English speaking midwives. Good luck!
Thank you for your story I'm 20 weeks pregnant and navigating through the German insurance system after having been in Texas. We are awaiting the decision on our insurance and I\'m feeling the stress of not having seen a doctor in over a month. Your shared story is such a help in figuring out what we need to do. Thanks very much.
wow! I needed this! This was fantastic to read, since my henna night is in a couple of months and I am juast as lost as you wrote about yourself! I really enjoyed reading this you have no iea how helpful it was
Please help if you can my son is working and living with us in Germany his girlfriend is pregnant and is coming to live with us in Germany. What health insurance do you recommend? Either public or private and do you have a company name or anything or should I ask a german friend to help? Thank You
Health Insurance Gosh, I'm really not an expert on this. You may get an educated answer from a relocation agent. If you can get him on public insurance, I'd personally recommend it, though, because you can always supplement with private insurance, while if you start with private, you cannot later move to public unless you become unemployed. Good luck! ;)
Pillows... If you grasp a German pillow by the bottom two corners and shove them up inside the pillow, you end up with something that is more or less the same size and shape as pillows elsewhere (Works with down pillows. With less fluid filling, your mileage may vary).
I had nearly the same experience for my Turkish wedding No idea what was going on really, and excited not to know too in a way.
thanks for sharing!
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Kat
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Congratulations to Kaan! I enjoyed reading about Kaan's first day. It's not like that here in Atlanta but maybe should be :) Hope every day from now is amazing!
Your blog is hilarious! Hi there:
I am a German living in the US since 1996. I am married to an American. We have met in Germany where he lived for 3 years. When I read your blog about the shopping experience to him we both had a good laugh!!!
For my experiences living here and the curiosities that I encounter in the United States or things that I miss from Germany, check out my blog: http://www.crosscountryblogger.com/
KINA GECESI Brilliant, want to learn more before my wedding next month, this explains all and the music, as i told my fiance he started singing it to me, what i wold love, is to be able to print it so my mates in uk who will come to the wedding know about what happens,
But I'm American... Hello, Tracy - I'd like to help you out, but since I'm American and cook about 50% Turkish food, I have a very hybrid way of doing things, and don't know if I could be of any help to you...
No worries You'll be fine, Elisha! Maybe if you can find a doula or midwife who speaks both English and German to accompany you, you'll be more at ease. Communication was really the biggest difficulty for us :)
As a student of gastronomics, I would like to understand the herb consumption in Europe, especially UK and Germany. I am interested to understand three processes -
1. How do you procure herbs (some grow it some buy it)
2. How do you store it and finally (some just drop it on kitchen table, others put it in fridge while others might grow it in pots and pluck them fresh)
3. How do you consume it (As a garnish? As an ingredient? as a side dish? As a salad?)
But the difference is that the entire process should be captured in photograph format (even good cell phone snaps would do)
Help me with my research by sending in the photographs from your own kitchen or from your friends. I understand people would hate to send out mails to strangers, hence the best way is to upload your pictures on the following survey link, created by Impetus Research, whom I have requested to kindly help me on my project and they have obliged.
http://questionpro.com/t/AE8cOZJw3x
Thank you all for your help
Regards
Tracy Sanders
We moved to Europe so that we could experience life here and travel around easily. Our three sons were born here, and these days, most of our pictures are of them! We only planned on staying in Germany for a few years, but it's rapidly becoming HOME.
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Hey sister I’m getting marrried to Turkish man. And surprisingly I am having my Nikah after the wedding, which is we will have a big party in a wedding hall and I’ll be tied red ribbon. After that we will go home and before entering his room or you can say after going to my husbaand to be’s home, I will have the Nikah. Now my question is, when did you have your Nikah? Did you have the way I am going to have? Please let me know