This First Person article is the experience of Kateryna Kobylianska, an artist from Kyiv, Ukraine, who now lives in Montreal. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
It was a warm autumn day in Kyiv when my documents to move to Canada finally came. Just a few days later, I found out that a tiny human was starting to form in my womb. In December 2021, my husband and I embarked to Montreal.
Starting over in a new country while pregnant was a big change and an exciting challenge. But two months later, everything was different.
On Feb.
