Jeannie Mai struggled with postpartum anxiety
17.05.2022 - 20:05
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Gallery: ‘It’s a badge I've worn proudly’. The stars who admit to being prudes. . . (BANG Showbiz)"For me, it was staying up awake at night wondering and worrying about the weirdest things.
And then, if I'm around a group of people, I would think I was hearing stuff that people were saying about me, but it was my own head manifesting things. " The 'Holey Moley' star felt "nervous" throughout her pregnancy and was very cautious about putting herself in "risky" situations. She told 'Entertainment Tonight': "I honestly can say that the whole time I was pregnant I was nervous because I was like I almost feel like I don't deserve this beautiful privilege.
"I honestly got a lot of anxiety because I thought, for somebody who said their whole life that they didn't wanna be a mom and here this gift was being given to me, I felt like, 'Don't put yourself in risky situations, like don't get on a plane or -- you are the one to have this taken away from you, because you didn't appreciate it when you had the choice. ' " Despite her mental health issues, Jeannie couldn't be happier to be a mom. She added: "So now, I am beyond grateful.
Because I cannot believe, as every parent can tell you, how much a child changes your life. And I like myself better. I like myself better as a mom.
"I love being a mom. I am so touched with the gift of getting her to open her arms. .
. teaching her to lift her arms and teaching her to register communication with me, it's everything. "Teaching her, all of the sudden, to dance,? Like, I dance with her, she dances, and then she smiles.