
Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios.
Today we will cover sentences you might hear or need to say when talking about pregnancy or childbirth.
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Wir erwarten ein Baby.
We’re expecting a baby.
Meine Frau ist im 3. Monat schwanger.
My wife is 3 months pregnant.

Wir haben uns für eine natürliche Geburt entschieden.
We opted for a natural birth.
Die Hebamme hat während der Geburt sehr geholfen.
The midwife helped a lot during the birth.

Leider gab es während der Geburt einige Komplikationen.
Unfortunately, there were some complications during the birth.
Es war eine Zangengeburt.
It was a forceps birth.
Das Baby kam per Kaiserschnitt.
The baby was born by caesarean section.
Die Geburtsvorbereitungskurse haben uns gut vorbereitet.
The antenatal classes prepared us well.

Die Geburt meines Kindes war eine unvergessliche Erfahrung.
The birth of my child was an unforgettable experience.
Mutter und das Baby sind wohlauf.
Mother and the baby are doing well.

Here’s the video where Steven gets to practise saying and translating the sentences:
What can you do with these sentences to remember them?
You can bookmark this post or make a vocabulary list with them. You can do that with any paper or electronic notebook. Or you could buy my notebook which I designed specially for German vocab learners. It has space for vocabulary lists and sentences. You can even choose one of two colours ☺
