{"id":29206,"date":"2019-09-09T14:11:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T12:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/?p=29206"},"modified":"2019-09-09T22:47:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T20:47:56","slug":"pregnancy-in-paris-useful-addresses-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/pregnancy-in-paris-useful-addresses-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnancy in Â鶹APP – Useful Addresses & Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

First off, F\u00e9licitations! You’re pregnant in Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re here on a Baby Moon, or living part of your Pregnancy out in Â鶹APP, you won’t go wrong with these useful tips and addresses.<\/p>\n

It took me nearly 8 months with a Brioche (bun) in the oven, pacing the streets of central Â鶹APP, scouring the internet and taking welcome advice from other Jeunes Mamans to collect all the info.<\/p>\n

Despite steep spiral staircases and tempting ap\u00e9ro treats – think entire Planches of charcuterie and unpasteurised cheese<\/a>, which of course you can’t touch for fear of listeria..<\/p>\n

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So, you now can’t eat anything on this table! Photo credit, Discover Walks.<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite all this cheesy temptation, I would still argue that Â鶹APP is a great place to be pregnant.<\/p>\n

Excellent Healthcare<\/h3>\n

I’ll skim over this one, as it depends largely on whether you’re a resident or not.<\/p>\n

Pregnancies are closely followed and monitored in France. Due to Â鶹APP’ vast population, you’ll be sure to find a Laboratoires d’analyses m\u00e9dicales near you.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit by Online Marketing on Unsplash.<\/p><\/div>\n

First stop the General Doctor or G\u00e9n\u00e9raliste.<\/p>\n

Word of warning: some doctor’s offices are more modern than others. To be honest it really depends what you’re up for and how much time you have in the rest of your day.<\/p>\n

The main differences are whether they can swiftly scan your healthcare card, Carte Vitale, and take payment by card. Otherwise, you’ll need to remember your checkbook or there’ll be a trip to the cash point in it. Oh, and some brown paper ‘feuilles de soins’ to fill in and send off at the Post Office.<\/p>\n

Some Doctor’s practices are in rather grand old buildings, you sweep up carpeted staircases and waltz into a smart living room with a fireplace and nice magazines to await your appointment. The only thing that is a little strange if you’re not used to this, is that you can definitely see, in the layout the residential apartment that once was.<\/p>\n

I have always loved the efficiency of the new modern medical centres. My nearest Ipso Sant\u00e9<\/a> is located right next to the Mus\u00e9e des Arts et M\u00e9tiers – incidentally visit this beautiful museum while in the area if you get the chance.<\/p>\n

There’s also a hip caf\u00e9 brasserie on the corner, decorated with a vintage car,\u00a0 serving good salads, juices, lunch, teas and coffee –<\/p>\n

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Caf\u00e9 des Arts et M\u00e9tiers. Photo credit, caf\u00e9 des arts et m\u00e9tiers Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

Caf\u00e9 des Arts et M\u00e9tiers.<\/h5>\n
51 Rue de Turbigo
\n75003 Â鶹APP<\/h5>\n

Ipso Sant\u00e9 have another health centre address in the 11th at Nation.<\/p>\n

Wildly organised, I love this centre where you can get an appointment in a couple of minutes online, the phone line is reliably manned and they keep your digital records on file and send you helpful PDFs for advice and prescriptions.<\/p>\n

Once kitted out with any prescriptions you might need, off you go to your nearest Labo to be treated like a Pin Cushion!<\/p>\n

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You may end up feeling like a pin cushion as blood work is done routinely and regularly. Photo credit by Nicolette Meade on Unsplash.<\/p><\/div>\n

This blood work will initially confirm the pregnancy and then check you’re staying free of nasties such as toxoplasmosis and that your red blood cells and iron levels are healthy and buoyant.<\/p>\n

Next stop the Pharmacie…<\/p>\n

Pharmacies<\/h3>\n

You can go into any Pharmacie and be confident that they’ll do their best to deliver your prescription and give you great free advice.<\/p>\n

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Â鶹APPian Pharmacies have everything you need, including free advice. Photo credit, Discover Walks.<\/p><\/div>\n

This can be especially important during pregnancy. In the early days you may, unfortunately find that you’re looking for solutions for les naus\u00e9es de grossesse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Morning Sickness, or literally all day sickness, can take the sheen off your enjoyment of Â鶹APP and must be nipped in the bud if possible.<\/p>\n

Your, probably, sympathetic Pharmacienne can prescribe you ginger tablets and acupressure wristbands. A Pharmacie Hom\u00e9opathique<\/strong>\u00a0 might be especially likely to have these alternative remedies.<\/p>\n

They’ll help with digestion problems, flight socks and back pain, if you get it, later on in pregnancy too.<\/p>\n

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Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash.<\/p><\/div>\n

So, your health is being taken care of and let’s imagine you’re out of the (sometimes) really grim first trimester.<\/p>\n

Pregnancy Podcast<\/h3>\n

Bliss Stories is my greatest discovery as far as Â鶹APPian parenting podcasts go. It’s Francophone, incredibly frank and aims to demystify and take the guilt out of different maternal experiences.<\/p>\n

The interviews are intimate and give the sort of real invaluable information on pregnancy, birth and motherhood that you wouldn’t find elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Join me in supporting Bliss Stories and listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maternity Wardrobe<\/h3>\n

In your second trimester, you might want to hit the shops and pick up bump flattering new outfits.<\/p>\n

Every woman is different, you may barely look pregnant at four or five months, or your bump might make an earlier appearance.<\/p>\n

The first thing you’ll be unable to wear is likely skinny jeans and anything with a tight waistband with little give. If you’re pregnant in the Winter or Autumn, this is a key investment, you may even need a couple of paris, one for now, one for later.<\/p>\n

Â鶹APP as a shopping destination is no secret. Pregnant, the addresses get scarcer and more precise, but a whole new world of possibilities opens up.<\/p>\n

S\u00e9raphine<\/h3>\n

The ”marque ch\u00e9rie” of pregnant fashionistas and celebrities, famously the Duchess of Kent and a hoard of Hollywood actresses.<\/p>\n

It’s easy to see why S\u00e9raphine has such starry appeal. The brand are innovators in maternity fashion creating chic on-trend ensembles that you would want to wear even if you weren’t pregnant.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit by Pexels from Pixabay.<\/p><\/div>\n

The company was received the Queen’s Award<\/b> for Enterprise in 2015 following a year of 35 percent growth in 2014. In 2018 Seraphine<\/b>\u00a0won gold in the ‘Best Maternity Wear’ category at the Absolutely Mama\u00a0Awards<\/b>.<\/p>\n

In Â鶹APP you can find them at:<\/p>\n

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BOUTIQUE SERAPHINE PARIS 6<\/h5>\n
4 place Saint-Sulpice
\n75006 Â鶹APP
\nTel : 01 43 26 17 26<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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BOUTIQUE SERAPHINE PARIS 16<\/h5>\n
84 avenue Victor Hugo
\n75116 Â鶹APP
\nTel : 09 81 90 07 23<\/h5>\n
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Outfits you’d covet even if you weren’t pregnant! Photo credit S\u00e9raphine Maternity’s Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

I would particularly recommend S\u00e9raphine for ‘occasion wear’. It’s likely that at some point in your pregnancy you might have to attend a wedding or a fancy dinner.<\/p>\n

This is the address you need for all levels of formal occasion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Envie de Fraise<\/h3>\n

This Â鶹APPian Pregnancy boutique hasn’t enjoyed international acclaim like S\u00e9raphine, but that’s actually quite a good thing.<\/p>\n

Firstly, if you’re just visiting Â鶹APP, once you head home elsewhere it is unlikely you’ll see other expectant mothers in the same outfit as yours. It will stay completely original 100% your own.<\/p>\n

If you receive compliments on it you can proudly share that it comes from a little boutique in the 2nd arrondissement of Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit by Conger Design from Pixabay.<\/p><\/div>\n

There is a funny story behind the name: During pregnancy, certain classic cravings are infamous. Les envies de grossesse\u00a0<\/strong>are how these cravings are expressed in French. Hence ‘Envie de Fraise’, the boutique’s name,\u00a0 is a cute pregnancy pun.<\/p>\n

I find the shop do a strong line in swimsuits and summer dresses, but perhaps that’s simply because I was shopping there in June.<\/p>\n

You can find them practically located for those of you who work in central, just behind Sentier.<\/p>\n

Envie de Fraise<\/h5>\n
101 Rue R\u00e9aumur, 75002 Â鶹APP<\/h5>\n

My top tip for places to hit up after browsing and buying, (lots of standing up time – pregnant kryptonite), would be Montorgueil.<\/p>\n

This area, specifically la rue Montorgueil has little caf\u00e9s and salons de th\u00e9 as far as the eye can see.<\/p>\n

You’re a better woman than I am if you can pass by Odette (located at the bottom of la rue Montorgueil) pregnant and hungry without snapping up a petit chou, or two!<\/p>\n

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Odette, all sorts of Choux-based temptation. Photo credit @ChouxOdette on Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pregnant Pampering<\/h3>\n

This is perhaps my favourite of all the tips and topics.<\/p>\n

Pregnant, you become so acutely aware of your body: Fatigue and changing physical capacities, suddenly unable to lug about heavy things, or spring about too quickly without twinging ligament pain telling you that you’re overdoing things.<\/p>\n

In this incredible changing body, what could be nicer than pampering and physical relief.<\/p>\n

Please Note – this is very general advice for Low Risk Pregnancies. If that’s not you, check in with your health care provider before booking a massage or heading to the Spa.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit by Alan Caishan on Unsplash.<\/p><\/div>\n

If this sounds good to you then read on.<\/p>\n

You’re going to want a massage therapist who specialises in Pregnancy Massage at any stage in your pregnancy. Most masseurs would rather not take the risk of working with women in their first trimester, when miscarriages occur more frequently.<\/p>\n

There will also be a few modifications, as you’ll likely be more comfortable in a semi-lateral position than flat forward on your tummy.<\/p>\n

Mamans & Merveilles\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>