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Newborns are called bundles of joy for a reason, but that doesn't mean parenthood is all sunshine and roses. Becoming a parent is physically and mentally taxing, and Halle Bailey wants to end the stigma surrounding it.star opened up about her postpartum experience on Snapchat earlier this month, and the video is gaining attention after being reposted on
"I just wanted to speak a little bit about my postpartum journey as a new mom, and now trying to work while still being severely postpartum," Bailey says in the video."Honestly, I have severe, severe postpartum…I don't know if any new moms can relate, but it's to the point where it's really bad. It’s hard for me to be separated from my baby for more than 30 minutes at a time before I start to kind of freak out.".
Her postpartum depression experience, meanwhile, stems from the changes to her body."When I look in the mirror, I just feel like I'm in a whole new body. Like, I don't know who I am," Bailey said."Before I had a child and I would hear people talk about postpartum, it would kind of just go in one ear and out the other. I didn't realize how serious of a thing it actually was.".
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