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WhenChrissy Teigenwassuffering from postpartum depression, it was her friends who got her out.
The mom of two said that when she wasfeeling the “blues”she just thought it was just a normal part ofbeing a new mom.
“Since it happened with Luna, so it happened with my first one, I just didn’t know that there was any other way to feel,” Teigen, 33, toldSavannah Guthrieand Jenna Bush HageronToday. “I thought it was very natural to be in this low, low point. And I just assumed that was motherhood and there was no other way around it, and you just kind of went through it.”
Chrissy Teigen and daughter Luna.Chrissy Teigen/Instagram
But thankfully, Teigen’s friends and familycould tell that something was wrongand urged her to get help.
“People around me started stepping up and telling me that they saw distinct changes in my personality. I think that was really helpful to me,” she said.
Teigen said that her husbandJohn Legend, along with her parents and friends, supported her through the recovery process.
“I just had such a good group of people that were around,” she said. “People were really watchful of me, and I had really changed.”
Almost a year after giving birth to Luna, now 3, Teigenshared her experience with postpartum depression in a candid essayforGlamourmagazine, which she now said changed her understanding of the condition.
“I didn’t really realize it until I’d written an article withGlamourmagazine and spoken out about it, how many women are going through this,” she said. “I think more than anything I’ve ever done, more women on the street come up to me and talk about that article than anything else.”
Chrissy Teigen with son Miles and daughter Luna.Chrissy Teigen/Instagram
Teigen has now partnered with theAllegheny Health Networkas a spokesperson for maternal mental health, and said that she wishes she knew about it as a resource when she was struggling. But the cookbook author said that she did have an easier time withher second child, son Miles, who turns 1 on May 16.
“It was more like, Okay if it does happen, like I understand it now,” she said adding that she’s prepared for “any other babies that come along,” before quickly clarifying that she’s not pregnant. “No, not now!”
source: people.com
