First three months of pregnancy: MP Paula Forteza wants to “break the silence”

“Why should women live alone and in silence these first 3 months of pregnancy which are extremely difficult to endure?”. In an article published on her blog on July 26, MP Paula Forteza (ex-LREM) announces that she wants to do “burst the silence of three months” of pregnancy.

For better health insurance coverage

Pregnant herself, she is campaigning for health insurance coverage of the first months of pregnancy. “Enormous fatigue, nausea, vomiting, irritability…: these symptoms are not simple mood swings, psychological reactions or whims, which it would be enough to control with a little concentration and seriousness to move on to something else, but indeed of the physical consequences of the upheavals that the body of the pregnant woman goes through”, she argues.

Paula Forteza also believes that pregnant women should be able to telecommute if they wish, while stressing that research into the management of the first three months of pregnancy is not sufficiently developed.

Overcome “social taboo”

“Beyond the necessary support by the State and scientific research, it is also the social taboo of the three-month silence that must be overcome”, continues the politician. “Why do you want to protect others from disappointment rather than feeling surrounded and supported in the event of a miscarriage? Why do without visits and pampering from family and friends when it is difficult to go out and join them as normal? she wonders.

This post echoes in particular the recent publication of the book “Three months in silence” (ed. Payot-Rivages; Judith Aquien), but also, more broadly, the increasingly strong desire of French women to break down taboos around of pregnancy in France. Recently, the hashtag #balancetonpostpartum, for example, has been taken up by many women on Twitter, wishing to testify about their difficult reality.