Halle Bailey Says She Sometimes Feels As If She's ‘Drowning’ Postpartum
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Halle Bailey, 24, opened up about the severe toll of postpartum depression, and her honesty and candor is so courageous.
In a Snapchat video captured by a fan account, the Little Mermaid star shared that her son, Halo, whom she shares with boyfriend DDG, is “perfect, beautiful, and when I look at him I cry because of how special he is.” But in the aftermath of giving birth to him, she isn't “feeling normal” in her body. “I feel like a completely different person. It’s crazy. When I look in the mirror, I feel like I’m in a whole new body. I don’t know who I am,” she revealed.
Bailey echoed a sentiment many new moms have shared, which is that once the baby arrives, its needs (understandably) come first and foremost, but a new mom needs care as well. “I think there’s something to be said about women, what we go through. Especially after building and creating this beautiful life. And what happens to us and our well-being after.”
“I’ll even say for myself, before I had a child, when 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,” the singer continued before describing the difficulty of navigating strong postpartum emotions.
“It almost feels like you’re swimming in this ocean [with] the biggest waves you’ve ever felt.…You’re trying not to drown and you’re trying to come up for air and you have those moments when you come up for air and they feel like the most beautiful thing and it’s great…[and then you] have those moment when you’re drowning again," she said. "And it has nothing to do with my baby, it has everything to do with me and who I am right now.”
Sending Halle Bailey—and every postpartum mom—all our love.
Originally Appeared on Glamour
