21 February 2023 , 11:57
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Jessica Wright opened up about her battle with postnatal depression after welcoming her baby boy, Presley.
The former TOWIE star welcomed a baby boy named Presley in 2022 with her husband William Lee-Kemp.
Eight months on, the 38-year-old discussed her 'scary' experience with postnatal depression and how she dealt with it.
Speaking on a new episode of Giovanna Fletcher ’s podcast, Happy Mum Happy Baby, Jess talked about how 'debilitating' it is calling it the 'baby blues'.
"Because I thought when they said that it was just like ‘Oh you might feel down for a couple of days because it’s called the baby blues.’
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"I’m like, ‘You’re just totally disguising post-natal depression, which is debilitating’," she said.
Jess suffered from post-natal depression for around a month (Jess Wright/Instagram)
She told listeners to 'tell someone how you're feeling' (Jessica Wright/Instagram)She continued: "I had that for a month, and then all of a sudden it just lifted... It’s more scary because A, I didn’t know how long it was going to last.. Some women suffer for like 6 months and some more.
"And B, I just couldn’t enjoy anything with him."
She gave listeners advice and told them to 'tell someone how you're feeling' as they won't 'judge you'.
Jess continued: "They’re always going to be there for you if they love you. And there are so many others who are suffering."
Last year, Jess previously revealed a 'dark cloud' hung over her during the first few weeks as she adjusted to life as a first-time mum.
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Jess previously revealed a 'dark cloud' hung over her during the first few weeks (Getty Images for Thirty8 London)For about four weeks I really suffered from postpartum depression. It was just a very, very strange feeling. I couldn't really enjoy Presley as much as I wanted to because I had this cloud over me. I was feeling low and not knowing why. I was just very scared", she says.
Jess says she turned to her husband and mum Carol to support her through the rough patch.
"I feel a million times better now. I think it's very underplayed the baby blues, it needs to be spoken about more. I think it needs to be addressed more.
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"Before I had Presley I knew about the baby blues but I didn't think I'd get like that. It's something that's really, really quite hard that women go through. You just have to be strong."
Download Giovanna Fletcher’s Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast every Tuesday at 6am from acast.com