Solène Delinger 3:31 p.m., October 11, 2022, modified at 3:34 p.m., October 11, 2022
Mother of three children, Laure Manaudou suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her third baby, a little boy born of her love affair with singer Jérémy Frérot.
This is what she reveals on Tuesday October 11 in an interview with "Brut" in which she looks back on this dark period of her life.
The swimming champion explains that she felt totally overwhelmed and overwhelmed by anxiety, sadness and fatigue.
In an interview for
Brut
on Tuesday October 11, Laure Manaudou confided in an open heart about an evil encountered by 10 to 20% of women who give birth: postpartum depression.
It results in symptoms such as sadness, anxiety, bad mood or susceptibility.
"I didn't call anyone, I didn't understand myself"
Mother of three children, Laure Manaudou encountered great difficulties at the birth of her third baby, the fruit of her love affair with the singer Jérémy Frérot.
"I realized that I had a huge postpartum depression. It means that for a year, I was in depression. I felt overwhelmed, suffocated. It was too much in fact, it was oppressive. I did like everyone else, I didn't call anyone. And frankly, it's a shame. I didn't understand myself. As an athlete, I had to be tough, "says the swimming champion, facing the camera.
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“It was a feeling of failure”
At the time, Laure Manaudou assures that she was convinced that she did not have the “right” to have depression because she had just had her third child and therefore had to be more prepared.
The swimmer thought she was safe thanks to her sports mind at all levels.
"I was tired and upset. I felt like I didn't know how to take care of my son when it wasn't the first, it's the third," she explains.
The young mother simply did not recognize herself anymore.
His negative emotions were taking over.
"I was yelling at my husband at night when I'm very calm and not yelling. I'm not with someone who puts on earplugs and doesn't help me at all. He always woke up for our two boys. It was a lot of tears, because of misunderstanding, nervous fatigue. Why I can't get up on my own. It was a feeling of failure", details her for
Brut.
“It takes time to realize that we are depressed”
It is because she wants to make mothers aware of this still taboo subject that Laure Manaudou has decided to deliver this testimony.
And, his interview will certainly surprise those close to him.
"They will be surprised because I never talked about it. I don't even know if I've already told my husband. Maybe once. I wanted to be strong (...). But in any case, We didn't want to warn anyone. We don't dare ask. It also takes time to realize that we are depressed. (...) Today, with hindsight, I would have preferred to call someone or ask for help to minimize depression time".