Halle Bailey reveals she suffers from ‘very severe postpartum depression’

Halle Bailey reveals she suffers from ‘very severe postpartum depression’

Since the birth of her first child in December 2023, American actress and singer Halle Bailey says she has been suffering from severe postpartum depression.

The only thing that has been difficult for me is feeling normal in my body “. It is with these words that the singer and actress Halle Bailey she described her journey after giving birth. In a video published on the social network Snapchat, the one who took on the features of The little Mermaid returned to maternity leave, the one who welcomed her first child, Haloin December 2023.

“It’s difficult for me to be separated from my baby for more than 30 minutes at a time”

If the 24-year-old artist considers the arrival of his son as “a miracle”, he spoke openly about it to his fans, revealing that he is making a severe postpartum depression.

“I just wanted to talk a little about my postpartum journey as a new mom. I have severe, very severe postpartum depression., and I don’t know if any new moms can understand this, but I’m at the point where it’s really bad, and it’s hard for me to be separated from my baby for more than 30 minutes at a time, before I start to panic. »

Halle Bailey.

Has continued: ” Before I had a baby, I heard people talk about postpartum, like it went in one ear and out the other “. She says she didn’t realize how serious this syndrome was, which according to one study affects on average almost half of young mothers.

As you go through it, you almost feel like you’re swimming in this ocean that feels like the biggest waves you’ve ever felt and you’re trying not to drown “, he says in his Snapchat story, before continuing: “ The only thing that has been difficult for me is feeling normal in my body. I feel like a completely different person when I look in the mirror. I feel like I’m in a whole new body and I don’t know who I amyes,” he added.


Luckily Halle Bailey says she can count on the support of her partner, the rapper DDG. “ You all know that Halo has the most amazing dad in the world. He’s just the perfect father for him. He loves her so much, he’s so present. And I couldn’t have asked for a better person to have a baby with because of him being there and wanting to be in her life “, he concluded.

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