
Catherine Gaa

For closet to four years, my body woke me up just before 2 o'clock like clockwork to nurse and settle a baby back to sleep. For the nine months before giving birth to my first child in Spain, I had prepared for those moments. The extreme exhaustion,

September 19, 2023
Spain’s fertility rate has been low since the start of the new millennia, with about 1.3 children per woman in Spain as of 2020 – a historically low number, especially when compared to the rest of the European Union. While some cite lack of maternal

August 16, 2023
You’ve done it – you’ve decided to buy a house in Spain. Deciding where to buy is a monumental enough task in a country as large and varied in Spain, and you’ll need to consider other factors like cost of the property or plot, how much deposit to

July 20, 2023
My mother-in-law says she has an intuition that never fails her, especially when it comes to her grandchildren. She texted me one afternoon, shortly after I’d had my second child, asking if they were all right. Less than an hour later, I responded

July 6, 2023
Giving birth in Spain was never in my plans, until I moved abroad at 22 and promptly met the man who is now my husband. First came love, then came the awkward talk about whether or not we wanted kids and, nearly a decade later, came the baby

June 1, 2023
In Spain, all employed residents and their dependents are covered by social security, known as Seguridad Social. Due to budget constraints, many citizens and residents opt for better coverage (shorter wait times, direct appointments with

May 4, 2023
The phrase, “it’s like pulling teeth” came from somewhere. Given how excruciating toothaches can be, it’s no surprise that wisdom tooth pain can lead to extractions – and they’re not exactly a walk in the park.

April 11, 2023
Breast cancer, called cáncer de mama in Spanish, is the most common cancer among women, with an estimated 1 in 8 women developing it in her lifetime. Breast cancer can also affect men (the World Health Organization reports about 0.5-1.0% of all

March 14, 2023
So, you want to have a family. Family planning is much more than picking out a name and nesting – and sometimes, your dreams to have a family can be affected by infertility.

January 5, 2023
In today’s virtual age, we are taking more and more online – and to our mobile phones. And with the Coronavirus pandemic changing the very way we live and conduct our affairs, even doing simple errands became easier and safer to do from the comfort