Green presidential candidate Marine Tondelier gave birth to her second child, a boy named Léon, on September 18 in Lens, in the northern Pas-de-Calais region. The birth came shortly after she attended a meeting at the Élysée Palace, where President Emmanuel Macron met with leaders of his party to discuss international conflicts and their impacts. Tondelier, 40, is the first presidential candidate to have campaigned while pregnant. She told the French news agency AFP that the childbirth "had gone very well" and said she would adjust her work schedule for a while, aiming to balance her presidential campaign with caring for her newborn, prioritizing the child's health and well-being. She also shared on Instagram that she and her partner had decided to keep the birth private for a few days before announcing it publicly. Tondelier, who is already the mother of a 7-year-old boy, was officially chosen as the Green candidate following an extraordinary meeting of her party’s federal council earlier this week. She will remain the candidate until a vote by Green members scheduled from October 10 to 13, which will decide whether to continue as an independent candidate or merge with another left-wing candidate. She has emphasized that even during the presidential campaign, her newborn will be her top priority. However, she has also stated she does not plan to take four months of leave. She is set to attend a video press conference on Wednesday to update on her campaign and discuss plans for Climate Marches across France on September 26. If her health and that of the baby allow, she intends to participate in the march in Arras, also in Pas-de-Calais. Tondelier announced her pregnancy in late March, sharing her journey through a miscarriage and a difficult experience with in vitro fertilization (IVF), a process in which eggs are fertilized outside the body and then implanted into the uterus. After pausing her efforts to have a child, she eventually became pregnant again. She now sees this as an opportunity to advocate for two key issues: reproductive health and a society that supports children and families. She has proposed a range of measures aimed at protecting and supporting young people, including ensuring a comprehensive health care plan for new mothers during the first year after childbirth, which would include gynecological, sexual, and psychological care. She also wants to create a public service offering home support after childbirth and improve parental leave policies, ensuring it is better paid, longer, and includes a non-transferable portion for each parent. In her booklet on reproductive health, Tondelier writes that family policy should not end with motherhood. She argues that after childbirth, no one should be left alone to handle the challenges of care, exhaustion, and daily life. Her proposals aim to ensure that parents receive the support they need to care for their children and themselves, reflecting her personal and political commitment to making France a more child-friendly and supportive country.