Fertility treatments are no longer a rare phenomenon, but rather widespread and a reality for so many. Yet, it is still not openly talked about, and for many it remains a difficult topic, full of prejudice and fear. This leaves those who find themselves having to take these steps, alone – exactly at a moment […]
We know there are many questions and concerns surrounding the vaccines against COVID-19 and we would like to address these concerns to the best of our abilities. Our wonderful pediatrician Francesco Gesualdo is a vaccination researcher on an international level working on various projects on vaccine communication with European and International organizations. We will be […]
Having spent the past decade involved in maternal health education, I have seen how much misinformation there is out there regarding this stage of women’s health, a passage about which people actually CARE and invest. I began to wonder how much misinformation is out there regarding the next stage of our lives, which people DO […]
Expecting Covid Who: 39-week-pregnant-filmmaker Emily Railsback and video journalist Pierre Kattar are co-directing Expecting Covid, a documentary film about pregnancy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Emily began making video diaries as a way to cope with all the new restrictions and unknown fears related to her impending due date in a hospital that might soon be overrun by […]
By Dr. Francesco Gesualdo, pediatrician Hello again, we are back with a brief update because as we all know, things are changing quickly. The government on Wednesday launched new, very restrictive measures – with which our doctors fully agree – because this is the only way to radically slow down the progression of the epidemic. […]
By Karin DeLucia, Everything you need to know according to recent studies and guidelines. The period surrounding child birth is usually characterized by a physiological wave of emotional states. Giving birth during an emergency health situation is certainly amplifies those emotions. As Freelance Midwives working in this field, we want you to know we are […]
t)Fever ~ How to Understand and Manage Your Little One When They Have One In October 2018 we had a great evening with one of our favorite pediatricians, Dr. Francesco Gesualdo, where he explained to a group of our parents that fever is a common and recurrent event in a child’s life. Sometimes it’s mild and […]
We’ve all been there, it seems to always happen in the small hours of the night. Our children have a scarily high fever, are in pain or we JUST KNOW something is not ok, and we as parents are awash with questions, “Do we go to the emergency room?” , “Will we sit there for […]
If you would like to listen to this article click below! On January 19th, 2019 I had the honor of emceeing the Women’s March Rome. It was an inspiring day full of passion, community and a shared sense of justice. The team who worked so hard together to make it happen, spanned generations, nationalities, […]
Bellies Abroad understands the challenges of becoming a family away from your own. Our goal is to provide you with the best support and information possible so that you can make the best decisions for your family and feel “at home”. We do this through our three pillared approach of offering contact with carefully selected […]
