She was 19 years old, when she was elected Miss France 2001, under the gaze of millions of viewers. Became a model, radio and television presenter, the former beauty queen had four children with the model Bertrand Lacherie, whom she married in 2006. They are two pairs of twins. Jules and Rose were born in December 2007, while Léonard and Joséphine were born in 2013, specifies Paris Match. Invited in The House of the kindergarten (France 2)this December 22, Élodie Gossuin explained that she felt a real shock when she learned that she was expecting twins for the second time.
She first confided: “The first ultrasound, it was a shock to see that there were two pockets”. Then she recounted what she had done at the time. “My reaction is that I’m going to ask the doctor to turn everything off, right away, and I got up, I didn’t speak to anyone, I stopped the exam, I went to lock myself in the toilet to cryobviously”. The former Miss France added that it was not easy for her to talk about this important moment in her life, because she wants to preserve her children. But it’s hard to say because I definitely don’t want my children to be able to imagine for a second that I wasn’t happy“, she added.
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Several fears expressed
The 43-year-old host then shared fears that had crossed his mind, when she heard this news. Her professional situation, in particular, caused a feeling of insecurity in her, regarding his health care. “It is to say to yourself: ‘I couldn’t do it’ because I am not an employee and today, at the moment, I know full well what the allowances are for liberal professions and that it is nothing… “, she clarified in front of the camera. She also specified that she could not benefit from sick leavein the event of a health problem.
She added: “If I have to stop for several months, we won’t be able to live with that. I know that I do not have the right to sick leave, iThere have been tragedies around me, perinatal bereavements, I could no longer say that it didn’t exist and that everything would be fine”. All these problems have caused a certain apprehension, in relation to this new twin pregnancy. The former beauty queen further mentioned the fact that she was at risk of giving birth prematurely, when she reached her seventh month of pregnancy. Ultimately, she had to remain bedridden and gave birth prematurely the following month.
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