Amy Schumer says her doula got her through “awful” pregnancy
Amy Schumer has shared new details about her pregnancy and what got her through.
- Amy Schumer announced her pregnancy in October 2018
- Amy Schumer is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum
- Fans are loving Amy Schumer’s nude pregnancy photos
Welcoming Gene
Last week Amy Schumer and her husband Chris Fischer welcomed their first child, a gorgeous baby boy named Gene.
“10:55 pm last night. Our royal baby was born,” Amy captioned the traditional Instagram birth announcement which featured the whole weary, elated family squeezed into frame.
Amy also looked very relieved because her pregnancy was a total doozy. She suffered hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) for the entire 40 weeks, throwing up LITERALLY 1000+ times and ending up in hospital more than once to treat her chronic nausea and dehydration.
Now that she’s had time to catch her breath – and has stopped vomiting – Amy’s shared a little more about her experience of pregnancy, again on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxRc9LpFU-E/
“Women are the shit”
“Here’s my post baby annoying post and my takeaway from pregnancy,” she wrote. “Women are the shit. Men are cool and whatever but women are fucking warriors and capable of anything.”
Not gonna lie, we 150 percent agree.
“I was lucky enough to get to have a doula,” Amy continued. “What do doulas do? I don’t totally know But what she did was make me and Chris feel totally secure and supported throughout my pregnancy and the birth process. I really recommend getting one if you can.”
(A doula is a practitioner who is employed to provide support to a woman through her pregnancy and during labour.)
“It’s awful”
Thanking her doctors, nurses, and hospitals that treated her, Amy explained more about HG and how she coped.
“I did Pilates with strong women and went for walks. I threw up violently and felt sick mostly every day of my pregnancy. Hyperemesis is real and it’s awful. But fuck, what they say is true. The second you give birth it’s gone.”
“@hgmoms [HER Foundation] has the best research I found on the condition The only thing that helped me with my nausea was products from Lord Jones.”
Amy has previously pointed out that funding for research into HG is dismal – and it’s good to note that good folk can donate to research funding via HER Foundation.
Amy also urged her followers to donate to non-profit Every Mother Counts, noting that 1 in 5 births across the globe take place without the assistance of a skilled birth attendant”
“All my friends. Friends I’ve had for 30 years or people who encouraged me to “keep going” or telling me “it will be worth it”. Thank you. Every woman I encountered is so willing to help and advise you and I felt all their strength. And you were right.”
