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Clara Luciani talks about her postpartum: “In fairy tales, it’s not like that” (Photo of Clara Luciani taken in September 2022)
PEOPLE – Motherhood, its joys, but also its sorrows. The singer Clara Luciani spoke about her postpartum experience after the birth of her little boy in September 2023. Gala revealed an extract from the show “Une hour avec…” by Bernard Montiel, which will be broadcast on Saturday November 23 on RFM and during which he received the 32-year-old young woman.
During this interview, Clara Luciani explains that her first steps as a mother were not easy. “I had, obviously, a moment where I found it very difficult to manage my emotions because I was both the happiest woman in the world and at the same time, I had a fairly inexplicable form of sadness . »she explained to Bernard Montiel.
The interpreter of Grenada here wants to demystify perfect motherhood, at least the image that we can give it on social networks. “ In fairy tales it doesn’t happen like that” And “ on Instagram » neither. “We’re just supposed to be nothing but happiness and smiles and instantly fall in love with our offspring. The reality is that this isn’t the case for everyone and that’s OK.”she said.
“ Guilt ” And ” sadness »
Clara Luciani even evokes a certain “ guilt “, that of having felt this ” sadness at that moment in my life “. This even though “ the word is freed up around all this, that we talk about it a lot more and that we are supported from a medical point of view.”
The singer drew inspiration from her pregnancy experience to write the album My Blood. Except for one song, titled Couragewhich talks about the mental burden she suffered afterwards. “ I wanted to introduce myself to him (his son) in 13 songs”, she explained in an interview with AFP. Throughout My bloodshe questions “ the links that are made, that are undone”both friendly, romantic and family.
The young mother is far from being the only one to have felt these emotions. According to Ameli 50 to 80% of mothers experience postpartum depression immediately after birth, and 10 to 20% experience it in the following weeks or months.
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