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Gwyneth Paltrow Speaks Up About PPD

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Gwyneth Paltrow tells Vogue magazine this month that she struggled with PPD after the birth of her second child, Moses.

“You know, I had postnatal depression after Moses," Paltrow says in Vogue's new issue. “I didn’t know I had it until after it was over. I just didn’t know what was wrong with me...I felt really out of my body. I felt really disconnected. I felt really down; I felt pessimistic.” Paltrow believes part of the cause was that she dropped some of her regular prebaby body treatments, like acupuncture and massage. 

Which, yes, of course. I attribute my own bout of severe PPD to a lack of spa and wellness services. I could have avoided the dread blackness of PPD entirely if I'd just not let the spa staff go. 

Seriously. I've been there, and I have every sympathy for her, but puhleeze. Wouldn't we all be just a teeny bit happier - or, at least, more physically balanced - if we had those things post-partum?

Also, who'd know if Gwyneth were depressed? The woman never smiles. Maybe those all those massages and acupuncture treatments weren't doing her as much good as she thought. 

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Posted Apr 17 2008, 11:01 AM
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Comments

 

ik said:

That was an enormously self absorbed and disconnected(from reality) comment to make. Avoiding ppd, if she'd, 'just not let the spa staff go.' If that's what it takes to avoid ppd than it's a wonder the rest of us have muddled through at all!

Vogue- Their covers have not been great lately.  At this point they're just trying to make it onto Go Fug Yourself.

April 17, 2008 11:29 AM
 

Lorena said:

You know.. naturopathic healthcare really should not be taken so lightly. Acupuncture is an ancient HEALING art, a part of a system of powerful energetic medicine. No one would have called it self-absorbed if she had said that part of the cause of her PPD was that she stopped taking her Zoloft. Alternative medicine is more than luxury and pampering! If she can take care of her health without the drugs through "spa and wellness services" it should be admired!

April 17, 2008 1:45 PM
 

leahsmom said:

I'm mainly just appalled at the cover.  What are those, popsicle sticks? 'Cause they sure ain't arms.

April 17, 2008 3:13 PM
 

HerBadMother said:

The comment was tongue-in-cheek. Having gone through a long dark period of PPD, I bristled a bit at the suggestion that a lack of massages might be a cause - a) because who the fuck wouldn't have more comfortable post-partum recovery period with a private masseuse (and/or private acupuncturist) (or non-private - that shit's expensive)? and b) because with serious PPD, a few massages aren't going to stop you from wanting to go hide under the bed forever or throw yourself under a bus.

It's great that she's speaking up about it, but some of us who went through it without any possibility of getting regular massages are rolling our eyes, waaaay back in our heads.

April 17, 2008 5:01 PM
 

Mandorama said:

Have you had PPD, Lorena? I did. And the last thing in the world I wanted was someone (baby included) touching me, much less massaging or sticking needles in me. I wanted everyone to get away from me so that I could, as HerBadMother said, throw myself under a bus (or off a freeway overpass - I had a couple picked out). And you know what saved my ass? Zoloft. Yep. One of those horrible, evil drugs that Tom Cruise railed against. (I'm betting that you are a "Top Gun" fan, am I right?)

I actually work within the alternative medicine field, and I'm doubtful that all the St. John's Wart in the world would have helped get my head back on straight. I believe that Gwynnie is a sour-faced, silver-spooned, wanna-be Brit who has no idea that the average mom isn't worried about scheduling her next massage appointment, but rather if she'll have enough time to take a shower AND pick up the dog shit in the backyard while the baby is down for a nap.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to get a load of laundry in before the baby wakes up.

April 17, 2008 10:54 PM

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