Jade Roper, Tanner Roper and children Emerson, Brooks and Reed.Photo: Jade Roper/INSTAGRAMJade Roper Tolbertis opening up about her experience with postpartum PTSD in the hopes of helping other mothers.TheBachelor in Paradisealum, 34, shares three children with husbandTanner Tolbert: daughterEmerson “Emmy” Avery, 3, plus sonsBrooks Easton, 21 months, andReed Harrison, whom they welcomed in November.During a candid interview, Roper Tolbert toldTODAY Parentsshe started battling with postpartum PTSD the second she unexpectedlywent into labor in her bedroom closetwith her first son Brooks.“I felt like he didn’t want me, which was the hardest part,” she told the outlet of her son Brooks. “I felt like I would look at him, and I felt so disconnected and he didn’t know I was his mom or he didn’t want me as his mom.“Roper Tolbert continued, “From the second I went into labor until pretty much until I got pregnant with my (second) son Reed, I was dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.“The Bachelor Nation star said that during labor she thought she and Brooks were going to die “and so after that experience, I would have flashbacks. That we were … not safe.“Roper Tolbert also experienced dizziness and “intrusive thoughts that weren’t healthy.“TheMommies Tell Allpodcast host added that she kept holding off seeing a doctor because she was afraid they would downplay her emotions. “I was also afraid of going [to a doctor] and that somebody was going to just dismiss it,” she said.It wasn’t until she had “a breakdown” to her husband, also 34, that she sought out help with hypnotherapy, Roper Tolbert told TODAY.Jade Roper Tolbert’s Kids Emerson, Brooks, and Reed.Jade Roper Tolbert/ instagramPostpartum PTSD affects nearly 9 percent of women,according toPostpartum Support International.Roper Tolbert alsoexperienced postpartum depressionafter the birth of Brooks.In March, she spoke to PEOPLE about her mental health and how she hopes being open will assure other women that they are not alone.“I didn’t know who to reach out to. I kept thinking I was alone in it and I was just going to get better on my own,” shetold PEOPLE. “I kept waiting.“Roper Tolbert continued, “It’s okay not to be okay. We need to normalize the feelings that we feel postpartum. What you’re feeling isn’t something that’s too big that you can’t get help for it.“RELATED VIDEO: Jade Roper Tolbert Wants to ‘Normalize the Feelings’ of Postpartum: ‘Recognize That We Are Human’Tolbert – whom she met duringBachelor in Paradise– also said he noticed a shift in his wife after Brooks was born. “I could see it, but I couldn’t fully grasp what she was going through,” he said.“I thought maybe Jade felt like she had to brush it under the rug or not talk about it. It kind of prolonged it, I felt like, because we never really had that discussion until way, way later,” Tolbert told PEOPLE.Will you accept this rose? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly Bachelor Nation newsletterto get the latest news onThe Bachelor, The Bacheloretteand everything in between.The mom of three added that moms should take care of themselves and “recognize that we are human.““I think we’re expected, or we put this pressure on ourselves, to be supermoms. … It’s not like that,” she told PEOPLE. “We can’t do it all, and there is help out there.“If you or someone you know need mental health help, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
Jade Roper, Tanner Roper and children Emerson, Brooks and Reed.Photo: Jade Roper/INSTAGRAM
Jade Roper Tolbertis opening up about her experience with postpartum PTSD in the hopes of helping other mothers.TheBachelor in Paradisealum, 34, shares three children with husbandTanner Tolbert: daughterEmerson “Emmy” Avery, 3, plus sonsBrooks Easton, 21 months, andReed Harrison, whom they welcomed in November.During a candid interview, Roper Tolbert toldTODAY Parentsshe started battling with postpartum PTSD the second she unexpectedlywent into labor in her bedroom closetwith her first son Brooks.“I felt like he didn’t want me, which was the hardest part,” she told the outlet of her son Brooks. “I felt like I would look at him, and I felt so disconnected and he didn’t know I was his mom or he didn’t want me as his mom.“Roper Tolbert continued, “From the second I went into labor until pretty much until I got pregnant with my (second) son Reed, I was dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.“The Bachelor Nation star said that during labor she thought she and Brooks were going to die “and so after that experience, I would have flashbacks. That we were … not safe.“Roper Tolbert also experienced dizziness and “intrusive thoughts that weren’t healthy.“TheMommies Tell Allpodcast host added that she kept holding off seeing a doctor because she was afraid they would downplay her emotions. “I was also afraid of going [to a doctor] and that somebody was going to just dismiss it,” she said.It wasn’t until she had “a breakdown” to her husband, also 34, that she sought out help with hypnotherapy, Roper Tolbert told TODAY.Jade Roper Tolbert’s Kids Emerson, Brooks, and Reed.Jade Roper Tolbert/ instagramPostpartum PTSD affects nearly 9 percent of women,according toPostpartum Support International.Roper Tolbert alsoexperienced postpartum depressionafter the birth of Brooks.In March, she spoke to PEOPLE about her mental health and how she hopes being open will assure other women that they are not alone.“I didn’t know who to reach out to. I kept thinking I was alone in it and I was just going to get better on my own,” shetold PEOPLE. “I kept waiting.“Roper Tolbert continued, “It’s okay not to be okay. We need to normalize the feelings that we feel postpartum. What you’re feeling isn’t something that’s too big that you can’t get help for it.“RELATED VIDEO: Jade Roper Tolbert Wants to ‘Normalize the Feelings’ of Postpartum: ‘Recognize That We Are Human’Tolbert – whom she met duringBachelor in Paradise– also said he noticed a shift in his wife after Brooks was born. “I could see it, but I couldn’t fully grasp what she was going through,” he said.“I thought maybe Jade felt like she had to brush it under the rug or not talk about it. It kind of prolonged it, I felt like, because we never really had that discussion until way, way later,” Tolbert told PEOPLE.Will you accept this rose? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly Bachelor Nation newsletterto get the latest news onThe Bachelor, The Bacheloretteand everything in between.The mom of three added that moms should take care of themselves and “recognize that we are human.““I think we’re expected, or we put this pressure on ourselves, to be supermoms. … It’s not like that,” she told PEOPLE. “We can’t do it all, and there is help out there.“If you or someone you know need mental health help, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
Jade Roper Tolbertis opening up about her experience with postpartum PTSD in the hopes of helping other mothers.
TheBachelor in Paradisealum, 34, shares three children with husbandTanner Tolbert: daughterEmerson “Emmy” Avery, 3, plus sonsBrooks Easton, 21 months, andReed Harrison, whom they welcomed in November.
During a candid interview, Roper Tolbert toldTODAY Parentsshe started battling with postpartum PTSD the second she unexpectedlywent into labor in her bedroom closetwith her first son Brooks.
“I felt like he didn’t want me, which was the hardest part,” she told the outlet of her son Brooks. “I felt like I would look at him, and I felt so disconnected and he didn’t know I was his mom or he didn’t want me as his mom.”
Roper Tolbert continued, “From the second I went into labor until pretty much until I got pregnant with my (second) son Reed, I was dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.”
The Bachelor Nation star said that during labor she thought she and Brooks were going to die “and so after that experience, I would have flashbacks. That we were … not safe.”
Roper Tolbert also experienced dizziness and “intrusive thoughts that weren’t healthy.”
TheMommies Tell Allpodcast host added that she kept holding off seeing a doctor because she was afraid they would downplay her emotions. “I was also afraid of going [to a doctor] and that somebody was going to just dismiss it,” she said.
It wasn’t until she had “a breakdown” to her husband, also 34, that she sought out help with hypnotherapy, Roper Tolbert told TODAY.
Jade Roper Tolbert’s Kids Emerson, Brooks, and Reed.Jade Roper Tolbert/ instagram
Postpartum PTSD affects nearly 9 percent of women,according toPostpartum Support International.
Roper Tolbert alsoexperienced postpartum depressionafter the birth of Brooks.
In March, she spoke to PEOPLE about her mental health and how she hopes being open will assure other women that they are not alone.
“I didn’t know who to reach out to. I kept thinking I was alone in it and I was just going to get better on my own,” shetold PEOPLE. “I kept waiting.”
Roper Tolbert continued, “It’s okay not to be okay. We need to normalize the feelings that we feel postpartum. What you’re feeling isn’t something that’s too big that you can’t get help for it.”
RELATED VIDEO: Jade Roper Tolbert Wants to ‘Normalize the Feelings’ of Postpartum: ‘Recognize That We Are Human’
Tolbert – whom she met duringBachelor in Paradise– also said he noticed a shift in his wife after Brooks was born. “I could see it, but I couldn’t fully grasp what she was going through,” he said.
“I thought maybe Jade felt like she had to brush it under the rug or not talk about it. It kind of prolonged it, I felt like, because we never really had that discussion until way, way later,” Tolbert told PEOPLE.
Will you accept this rose? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly Bachelor Nation newsletterto get the latest news onThe Bachelor, The Bacheloretteand everything in between.
The mom of three added that moms should take care of themselves and “recognize that we are human.”
“I think we’re expected, or we put this pressure on ourselves, to be supermoms. … It’s not like that,” she told PEOPLE. “We can’t do it all, and there is help out there.”
If you or someone you know need mental health help, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
source: people.com
