Una Healy has revealed she secretly battled with postnatal depression.
The Saturdays singer, has two children with English rugby player Ben Foden, and while her life seemed perfect after they welcomed their second child; Tadgh.
“When I had Tadgh, I had a touch of PND, something I didn’t experience when Aoife was born,”she explained.”
“It was a lonely time and I wasn’t helping the situation.
“I was moving to a new house, Ben had suffered an injury at work and I also jumped back into work quicker than I did when I had Aoife.
“I thought I would be fine, and could do it all because I’d had a child before,” she told the Press Asssociation.
Una has partnered with baby’s charity Tommy’s, and told Femail that she had to “lock” herself away.
“I locked myself away for the first four weeks. For the first month, I was in a dressing gown all day every day.
“After a few weeks [I realised], I wasn’t myself. I had this horrible, low feeling,” she explained.
The 35-year-old explained that she put too much pressure on herself.
“I had the support of my own mum and all my family, but I was putting so much pressure on myself to be a good mum, and started to feel alone and withdrawn.
“All this added up, and finally I went to my GP who diagnosed post-natal depression. I was offered medication but having tried both, preferred the cognitive therapy route.
“Talking, whether to my GP or to friends and other new mums, was so helpful for me,” she added.
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