How do I know if Baby is moving? When can we have the epidural? Can we avoid a cesarean? How to be reassured of returning home? Does a trigger hurt? How to recognize a contraction?
During this Facebook Live, all questions about pregnancy, preparation for childbirth, setting up breastfeeding, the difficulties of the first days with Baby, etc … were answered by our Doula expert, Virginie Franqueza, and our journalist Katrin Acou-Bouaziz.
Who is Virginie Franqueza?
“Deceptively serious, really hardworking, oxytocin bulimic.” This is how Virginie Franqueza, doula, presents herself on her site Graine d’amour. A desire to support future mothers which was born from her own experience as a mother. On his site, we can read: “Yes, becoming a mom can be fantastic, it can fill us with happiness, especially when we have chosen to become it. But it’s not ONLY that. Far from there. It’s also overwhelming, intense, tiring, scary… It is a passage from one state to another and it is irremediable. The arrival of a child confronts us with our ambivalences, redistributes roles within a couple, a family. I would have liked to have been told about it, I would have liked that one listens to my fears, that one accepts my doubts. And finally they tell me “yes, what you’re doing is good!” It was all of this that led me to be a doula. “
Is a doula for me?
The word doula comes from ancient Greek. It designates an accompanying person who supports the expectant mother and her entourage during the preparation for childbirth, childbirth and the preparation for childbirth, in addition to the medical monitoring chosen by the future parents. She provides information, advice, psychological support, and brings benevolence and serenity. Several clinical trials have demonstrated the beneficial role of accompanying doulas on the experience of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.