Is the increasing media coverage of these complicated pregnancies just simple publicity stunts by stars in search of notoriety, or does it, on the contrary, reflect reality?
- A pregnancy that entails a health risk for the mother or the child is considered a pathological pregnancy.
- For some 830,000 pregnant women in France each year, 160,000 will have a pathological pregnancy.
Rym Renom (Moms and famous), Jessica Thivenin (Les Marseillais), Mélanie Da Cruz (Les Marseillais VS the rest of the world), Kate Middleton, Laure Manaudou… More and more famous women are testifying about their pregnancy(ies). ) difficult (s), even downright pathological (s).
Hyperemesis gravidarum, rupture of the water bag, tachycardia…
After a long absence from social networks, reality star Rym Renom has just told the throes of her second pregnancy on her Instagram account. “We went straight to the gynecologist. As in the first pregnancy, vomiting, nausea, but this pregnancy, I saw it a little more difficult. Obviously because we have a baby. This pregnancy, I can’t manage it too much, I’m very tired”, she detailed. “Because I had very, very low blood pressure. Suddenly, I had tachycardia, but now it’s going a little better”, testifies the young mother.
The star of the Les Marseillais program Jessica Thivenin also recounted her two pathological pregnancies on social networks, notably having to face a very early rupture of the water bag for her youngest daughter. She wrote on August 22: “our daughter LEEWANE was born tonight on August 22 at 3:32 a.m., she weighs 2kg460. She is finally here among us. After all these weeks of fighting to keep her as long as possible in my bidou, we can finally hug her . We’re neonatal but she’s strong, I’m so proud of us! thank god.”
And while the communication service of the crown of England has made it known that Kate Middelton has suffered terribly from hyperemesis gravidarum for her three pregnancies, the swimming champion Laure Manaudou has meanwhile made public her difficult postpartum. “Thanks to the filters for removing dark circles, the remains of tears, fatigue… Postpartum for a third party is even more difficult. Don’t think it’s easier for others”, she posted on Instagram in March.
20% of pregnancies are pathological
Like Laure Manaudou, many women (80%) are prone to baby blues after the birth of their child, even if it is not the first. For 10 to 15% of French women, this difficult time can go as far as the onset of postpartum depression, which must then be treated with health professionals and/or medication.
In France, approximately 20% of pregnancies* are considered pathological and require sick leaves, which are sometimes very long. The pathologies associated with pregnancy are indeed numerous, such as, for example, gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, uterine fibroids, thyroid pathologies, intrauterine growth retardation, retro-placental hematoma, placenta previa. ..
According to the latest PremUp survey, French women are however poorly informed about the risks that can arise during pregnancy: only 58% are aware of growth retardation, for example, and 61% say they have not received advice to avoid pregnancy. pathological.
*Increasing numbers.
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