Meghan Trainor deal with it Mental health challenges After welcoming baby No. 2 in 2023.
“A month after giving birth to my second child, I reached my breaking point,” Trainor, 31, wrote in an article for the magazine. today Released on Thursday, January 9. “I'll never forget it, it was like yesterday – I'm sweating, just thinking about it. I was holding Barry, my newborn, and he was crying and crying. My husband was with our little boy, Riley, putting him to bed, so I was alone with Barry He didn't stop crying and then I was crying.
She added: “I was having a panic attack and was very exhausted, but I felt like I was dying.” I felt like if I stood up I would lose consciousness. “I did not feel safe carrying the baby, and at the same time I felt like my body was abandoning me.”
Trainor and her actor husband Darryl SabaraShe welcomed sons Riley and Barry in 2021 and 2023, respectively. almost After Barry arrivesThe singer was aware that something was different.
Expand their families. Meghan Trainor spoke about her and husband Daryl Sabara's journey to becoming parents, offering sweet glimpses into their special moments. The singer and Sabara, who tied the knot in 2018, welcomed their son Riley in February 2021. Trainor faced many challenges during her first pregnancy – including[…]
“I said to my husband, 'Darryl, I need help.' He said: Yes, I am here, there is no need to worry. I said: No, no, no, something is wrong. I want you to take the baby and I need to make some calls. I need to call my mom. I need to call the doctor. “I need help,” Trainor recalls. “So I called everyone. I knew I was going to get through it, but I needed to hear from my support team that I was going to get through it. My doctor wrote me a prescription for medication that would help me that night. I took it and felt much better.”
It was Trainor Previously diagnosed With PTSD after the birth of eldest son Riley.
“Months had passed since the birth and I was having nightmares because I was still on the operating table and I could feel the doctor’s hands inside me,” she said, referring to her birth by caesarean section. “She said, ‘Well, this is a form of PTSD and we need to talk about this and get past it.'”
Trainor previously struggled with her mental health while growing up.
“I was on antidepressants before I had kids. I'm kind of grateful that I had mental health issues before I got pregnant,” she wrote in an essay Thursday. “I actually discovered how my brain works. During my pregnancy, I knew I would need to ask for help and be prepared.
Per her doctors' recommendations, Trainor continued to take her antidepressant medications throughout the pregnancy.
“At the hospital, a lot of the nurses would look at me and say, 'Oh, it's probably because of the antidepressants you're taking.'” My doctors and psychiatrist reassured me that wasn't true. “But then, during my second pregnancy, I was asking myself all the time,” Trainor added. Day: Was this why Riley went to the NICU?” I felt crazy. But, again, I continued taking antidepressants the whole time, and my second child was also born via C-section and came out crying — and that ideal”.
Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara have enjoyed documenting life with their sons Riley and Barry. The couple announced in October 2020 that they were expanding their family, writing on Instagram: “Y'all know how long I've wanted this!!!! Darylsabara and I are so happy and excited to meet this little cutie early next year! (…)
Having experienced postpartum changes the first time, Trainor knew to seek help when Barry arrived.
She confirmed: “My husband and I communicate in everything, even if it is harsh and honest.” “I told him that during our first postpartum experience, being up as much wasn't fair because I was recovering from major surgery. I said, 'I never told you, but I sure resented you while I was asleep and I was in pain.'” So for our second child, he was up all the time. Night, every night, with Barry, feeding him formula.”
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