- Marie Portolano, host of Maternelles, shares her difficult family experiences during a podcast broadcast on YouTube.
- She talks about the difficult birth of her second son from PMA, who suffered meningitis at birth.
- This ordeal deeply affected her life and the life of her husband Grégoire Ludig, revealing a path full of pitfalls.
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Marie Portolano is usually very reserved when it comes to her family life. However, the podcast guest Mythbroadcast on YouTube, presenter Kindergartens agreed to look back on one of the most difficult periods of his life. Behind the happiness of becoming a mother of three children lies a journey full of challenges, marked by a difficult pregnancy.
dramatic birth and long weeks of torment.
With great sincerity, the journalist tells us today how this experience profoundly changed her life and the life of her husband, the actor Grégoire Ludig. Marie Portolano, married since 2019 to one of the Palmashow members, now shares her daily life with her extended family. She is already the mother of James, born from a previous relationship with actor Leo Grandperret, and then gave birth to two more children with Grégoire Ludig.
Marie Portolano: the birth of my son was very difficult
But behind this image of family happiness, the presenter explains that the arrival of her second son was not a long, quiet river at all. From the very beginning, the path to becoming parents was particularly difficult. “My second is a child who takes up a lot of space. He pulls his sister’s hair, throws her toys at her. We hear him, especially at night,”
she admits before giving an explanation for this behavior:
“He is a child born of PMA. Everything was difficult for him: conception, pregnancy and birth.”
The most painful moment comes immediately after childbirth. The baby has contracted meningitis and must be admitted to intensive care. Marie Portolano conveys this period with untouched emotions. “My son was born with meningitis. From the moment of birth, he spent a month in intensive care (…) It was hyper-cruel”.
“I remember one day things weren’t going well.”
When faced with this dramatic situation, fear quickly arises. The presenter immediately recalls the worst due to vivid memories from her teenage years. “A guy from my school had meningitis. he died a week later. I expected the same thing to happen to my son. (…) We even met a psychotherapist at the hospital who prepared us.”
During this month of hospitalization, Marie Portolano and Grégoire Ludig endured this terrible ordeal together. The presenter emphasizes that her husband was an indispensable support in these difficult moments. “I remember one day things weren’t going well. I clung to my husband. He was like a tree trunk to me, my energy.” She then spends her days at her son’s bedside, talking to him tirelessly in the hope that he will cling to life. “I talked to him all day. I told him, “I know you went through something terrible, one day you will tell me everything.” And in fact he does it. He doesn’t sleep at night, as if telling me : “I’m here, hello, I’m alive!” He’s strong but charming.”. Looking back, Marie Portolano now looks at this story with greater calm.