Who We Are
Gentil Coquelicot is a holistic postpartum support practice devoted to nurturing mothers and families through the tender, transformational months after birth.
Our name — Gentil Coquelicot, meaning “Gentle Poppy”—is also an ode to the classic French lullaby “Gentil Coquelicot, Mesdames”, a song I spent countless nights softly singing to my children as they drifted off to sleep. It is a symbol of comfort, presence, and the generational thread of care that passes from mother to child.
The poppy carries both softness and strength— an emblem of the kind of support I offer: grounding, warm, and deeply human. My practice is rooted in the belief that postpartum care is not an luxury, but an essential nourishment for the body, heart, and spirit.
I offer bilingual support in English and French, both virtual and in-person, designed to meet families wherever they are—emotionally, culturally, or geographically.
About Me
I am a French-American mother of three, shaped by a life lived between continents. I grew up in both France and the United States, and later lived in New Zealand, carrying with me a love of travel, layered cultures, and the understanding that there are many ways to care for a mother.
Today I live in Cincinnati, Ohio, with my husband and our blended family—my two daughters, nine and seven, and our five-month-old baby. I have given birth in France, New Zealand, and the United States, and each experience revealed a different cultural rhythm of postpartum care. Becoming a mother in three countries, in different seasons of my life and within different family constellations, deepened my understanding of the tenderness, complexity, and quiet transformation of the postpartum period.
I am a certified holistic nutrition consultant and a certified postpartum doula, but my work is rooted just as much in lived experience. Across my postpartum journeys, I learned what mothers truly need: gentleness, nourishment, grounding, and someone who can hold space for the woman navigating profound change.
My approach blends French postpartum sensibilities, holistic nutrition, nervous system restoration, paired with a deep reverence for the mother’s unfolding.
I support the family as a whole—partners finding their footing, siblings adjusting within a blended dynamic, and the home reshaping itself around the arrival of a newborn—but at the heart of my work is the mother herself.
I am here to hold her through the shifts, support her through the soft and vulnerable edges, and help her settle into her new rhythm with steadiness and care.
The birth of a baby transforms everyone. My role is to ensure the mother feels seen, nourished, and supported as her world expands.