My husband moved to France permanently in 2020. We were ready to start our family, and I became pregnant in 2021. Suddenly, we were thrown into the whirlwind of prenatal appointments, ultrasounds, and medical paperwork, all in French. None of the midwives or doctors we met spoke English, so I had to translate everything for him, often on the spot, while also trying to process it myself as an expectant mother. It was exhausting. And in truth, I didn’t always translate everything. I was too tired.

That extra mental load affected our experience deeply. I didn’t feel as supported as I needed to be, simply because my partner wasn’t fully included in the process, not in his language.

The same thing happened after our baby was born. We faced real challenges as a couple during the postpartum period, but we couldn’t find any affordable, English-speaking support. Therapists or relationship counsellors were either extremely expensive or had months-long waiting lists.

That’s when I realised something had to change.

There is a huge gap in perinatal and parenting support for families who don’t speak French. And no one should feel lost, alone, or left out of their own experience just because of a language barrier.

That’s why I created Motherhood in France, to offer clear, compassionate, and culturally sensitive support in English. So that no one has to go through what we did.

My dream is to grow this space and build a team of multilingual perinatal specialists, to support every woman, every parent, and every family who calls France home, no matter the language they speak.