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Chrissy Teigenhas an unconventional method fordealing with postpartum depression, but it worked for her!
During her appearance onCBSSunday Morning‘s 40th anniversary special, which will air Friday, theLip Sync Battlehost also discussed her relationship with her social-media fans (she has about 30 million followers between Twitter and Instagram) andhow her idea of body imagehas changed within the past few years.
When Teigen’s host, Rita Braver, expressed skepticism about the placenta practice,the mom of tworesponded with a laugh, “Really? That’s not a normal thing? I’m in L.A., it’s very normal. They grill it here. You can try some of mine after.”
“I think people on social media are my friends,” she told Braver about the reason she’s been so open about herparenting and fertility strugglesonline. “And I think they deserved to know. I don’t know, is that so weird?”
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Even though Teigen has posed in a swimsuit forSports Illustratedin years past (one time was only10 months after she gave birth to her first child, now-2-year-old daughterLuna Simone), that’s not a priority for her anymore.
“I really prefer being happy and getting to eat things that I love, still wanting to be healthy,” she explained. “But I just don’t care about looking good in a swimsuit anymore. I guess that’s the only way to put it.”
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Teigen andrecent EGOT winnerLegend, 39, welcomed Luna in April 2016, and her momstruggled with postpartum depressionfor months after.
In an interview withRefinery29around Luna’s first birthday, the cookbook author told the outlet, “When I was in the midst of everything, I could never imaginemyself on the other sideof it. Now, I’m able to look at September, October, November, December, and shake my head at how dark and crazy of a period it was.”
“Youhave your goodand bad days,” she recalled. “Just when you think it’s really, really bad, it’s going to get better … So hopefully, if you’re going through something tough youcan find some peacein knowing that.”
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In February this year,Teigen was honest about her fearsthat the negative feelings would come back after she gave birth the second time.
“Do I worry about it with this little boy? I do,” she revealed, adding that after having Luna, “I knew I had anincredible life and husband and familyand all the resources necessary.”
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“I knewthat I was personally unhappy, but I didn’t think that anything was wrong with it because I just assumed that that’s the way it goes,” Teigen explained. “You have a kid, you’re sad, you lose those endorphins and that’s the way it is.”
She continued, “I do wish that more people had spoken up around me. I encourage anyone who sees something around them to point it out. It took meto finally sit myself downbecause I think it’s hard for people to point something out.”
source: people.com
