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I thought I was going to die : Bachelor star Jade Roper reveals she battled postpartum PTSD for months after unexpectedly giving birth to her son on the floor of her CLOSET in 2019
In 2019, Jade and her Bachelor in Paradise co-star Tanner Tolbert welcomed their second child, a baby boy named Brooks
Jade went into labor four weeks early and things progressed quickly, so she delivered in her bedroom closet
She calls it one of the scariest experiences of her life, and said she suffered from flashbacks and intrusive thoughts afterward
Jade also didn t care for herself, skipping showers and brushing her teeth, and didn t feel connected to her baby
Statistics show 1 in 5 women experience anxiety, depression before or after birth
May in Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.
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One in five mothers around the country suffer from some kind of mood or anxiety disorder before or after birth.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. â Wednesday marks Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day.
One in five mothers around the country suffers from some kind of mood or anxiety disorder before or after birth.
While many women experience some mild mood changes during or after the birth of a child, 15 to 20% of women experience more significant symptoms of depression or anxiety.