Hayden Panettiere has checked into a treatment facility for battling postpartum depression following the birth of her first child, Kaya.
“Hayden Panettiere is voluntarily seeking professional help at a treatment center as she is currently battling postpartum depression," her rep told ABC News today. "She asks that the media respect her privacy during this time.”
The 26-year-old actress did not hide her motherhood troubles from the public and actually admitted she had been vocal about battling postpartum depression since becoming a first-time mom with fiance Wladimir Klitschko in December 2014.
The actress’ character on Nashville is also battling the same disease on the show and she can certainly relate to her on-screen persona.
“I can very much relate,” she said last month during an appearance on Live! with Kelly and Michael, discussing her character Juliette Barnes’ own PPD journey.
“It’s something a lot of women experience. When [you’re told] about postpartum depression you think it’s ‘I feel negative feelings towards my child, I want to injure or hurt my child’ — I’ve never, ever had those feelings. Some women do. But you don’t realize how broad of a spectrum you can really experience that on. It’s something that needs to be talked about. Women need to know that they’re not alone, and that it does heal.”
She continued, “There’s a lot of misunderstanding — there’s a lot of people out there that think that it’s not real, that it’s not true, that it’s something that’s made up in their minds, that ‘Oh, it’s hormones.’ They brush it off. It’s something that’s completely uncontrollable. It’s really painful and it’s really scary and women need a lot of support.”
On social media, Hayden revealed she was starting to feel much like herself again. The actress shared a picture of herself wearing all black, form fitting clothes.
“Feeling like I’m #finally coming back in to my own body!mother #daughter #blessing #wellworthit @bonesthenskin,” the actress tweeted on October 10.
Feeling like I'm #finally coming back in to my own body!mother #daughter #blessing #wellworthit @bonesthenskin pic.twitter.com/ZwUDyo4MhF
— hayden panettiere (@haydenpanettier) October 10, 2015
