Guides & printables for American families
Far from home, never alone.
The rules, costs and paperwork for giving birth in another country, laid out in the order you will meet them, with sources you can check.
Sojourn & Cradle makes researched, calm country guides and printables for American families giving birth abroad.
We start with two countries: Peru and Brazil.
Built from official sources, with anything uncertain marked for you to check.
A calm, practical guide for American families planning a birth in Lima: citizenship, entry rules, choosing a clinic, costs, insurance, and the paperwork after birth, in the order you will meet them.
Coming soon
Digital download. Price to be announced.
Coming soonCitizenship, entry rules, birth culture, costs and the paperwork after birth, from official sources. Research current to October 31, 2026.
$27
Digital download, delivered through Payhip. Coming soon.
Coming soonSimple, printable tools for the practical side: bilingual birth plans, a hospital bag checklist, and a tracker for your baby's documents.
$3–$15
Digital downloads. Individual prices set at launch. Coming soon.
Coming soonI’m a mom who gave birth abroad, in Peru. The information online was limited, and most of my practical advice came from local parents’ groups.
That’s why I started Sojourn & Cradle: to give families the clear, honest guidance I wish I’d had. Each guide is built from official sources, with the hard parts stated plainly and anything uncertain marked for you to check.
I gave birth abroad, in Peru, and built the Brazil guide from official sources. It is research, not a Brazil birth story.
— The founder, Sojourn & Cradle
From citizenship and entry rules to the hospital, the registry office and the embassy, each guide follows the real sequence of a birth abroad.
Points cite government offices, embassies and the law itself. Where the official picture is unclear, the guide says so.
Plain words, no hype. No guide can promise a visa, a passport or an outcome; offices decide. We tell you what to ask.
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