""It was a hormone drop I didn't expect, which I experienced right after birth and again when I stopped nursing six months later," she continued. "Everyone has an opinion. It's hard being a young mom and having people tell you how to be, how to react, how to give birth, how to nurse and how to feed your baby. It's inundating.""
""It was really bad," she said in the interview. "In the first six months, I was simultaneously happy and depressed. I just cried all the time, I was up all night, I was exhausted." The mom of Ava Philippe, 26, Deacon Philippe, 22 and Tennessee James Toth, 13, said that she didn't just experience symptoms after having her kids, she also experienced them when she stopped nursing months later - a hormone change that doesn't get enough attention."
Reese Witherspoon, named one of Harper's Bazaar's 2025 Women of the Year, reflected on severe postpartum depression and anxiety after giving birth and again when she stopped nursing six months later. She experienced simultaneous happiness and deep depression, frequent crying, sleeplessness and exhaustion during the first six months. A significant hormone drop contributed to symptoms and often receives insufficient attention. A supportive friend helped her secure professional mental-health care, a resource she acknowledges was enabled by her connections and means, while many people struggle alone and hide their struggles.
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