Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins recently opened up about Lauren’s postpartum depression experience and how she overcame it.
On a recent episode of Akins’ podcast, Live in Love With Lauren Akins, in which Rhett was a special guest, they discussed the event. The couple’s youngest child, Lillie, was born in November 2021. She has three older sisters.
She said, “After Ada James, our marriage had a falling apart. After Lennon, the world had a falling apart. After Lillie, / had a falling apart.”
Rhett added, “You don’t want it to sound like you’re gossiping behind your wife’s back. It’s not like you wanna call a buddy and be like, ‘Hey, my wife’s acting super strange.'”
He continued, “It’s not something you think you’re gonna experience eight, nine years into marriage. You kinda go, ‘Are we falling apart?'”
Akins added, “I do feel like counseling was one way that helped confirm it. Because in the back of my mind, I was like, ‘This is not normal.’ I have experienced birthing children before, and I’ve not felt this. As I explained what I was feeling with other friends, a couple friends were like, ‘I think you might be depressed.'”
How did you overcome your postpartum depression? How did it affect your marriage in the beginning?
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