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Paltrow's Battle with Postpartum Depression

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Gwyneth Paltrow may seem to have the perfect life, but things aren’t always as rosy as they appear.

The Oscar-winning mother of two is opening up about her battle with depression after giving birth to her and rocker hubby Chris Martin’s second child. “You know, I had postnatal depression after Moses," Paltrow says in the new issue of Vogue. “I didn’t know I had it until after it was over. I just didn’t know what was wrong with me...I felt really out of my body. I felt really disconnected. I felt really down; I felt pessimistic.”

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Still such a lack of education and awareness!

What I find the saddest part of this story is that here we've got a celebrity who has access to practically anything she needs, and yet she had no idea that she suffered from PPD until after she got through it. This is why we need way more awareness and education among our medical community. Every single new mom who leaves the hospital should be armed with plenty of PPD information and resources, so that if PPD should strike, they'll recognize the symptoms and know to get treatment. PPD is so easily treatable -- there's no reason that another new mom should suffer from it. We just need to be aware. Kristin Park http://ppdsurvivor.blogspot.com
     


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