On the big day, he couldn’t come …
“I was not ready to be a mom, she recalls. I had an abortion at my vacation spot. That was 36 years ago. The doctor who was supposed to abort me fully understood my reasons, but on D-Day he couldn’t come. His replacement made me feel guilty. ‘You’re sure ? It’s a child there. And it is irreversible. ‘ When I left, I said to myself: ‘You’re here to do a medical procedure, not to tell me it’s going to end up in the trash, motherfucker’.“She was happily surrounded by her family and friends. But this is not the case for everyone, and Valérie Damidot hopes to instill strength, with her testimony, in those who are alone in the ordeal.
No one warned me that so much blood was flowing
“I wish they had explained to me more how it was going to go, she regrets. No one had warned me that so much blood was flowing. I did not have pain, but it created stress, difficult fatigue.“Today, Valérie Damidot is the happiest in the world, with her daughter Roxane and her son Norman. And if she adores her current family, in her current configuration, she almost enlarged it despite herself:”I also had an abortion later, when I returned from diapers, after my son was born. I was 29 and already two children, specifies the presenter, companion of Régis. There wasn’t even a discussion.“For Valérie Damidot, having a child is the most beautiful thing. But on condition that you really want to, of course …
Find the testimony of Valérie Damidot in the magazine Chat, n ° 128 of November 24, 2021.