Well look at celebrity watcher Perez Hilton! Cheers to him for being informed about postpartum depression. He recently wrote, in relation to actress Bryce Dallas Howard sharing more publicly about her own experience with PPD:
“Post-partum Depression is real, treatable, and NOTHING to be ashamed of! The ‘Baby Blues’ isn’t something you should wait to see if it goes away. If you’ve just had a child and you’re not feeling like you thought you would, talk to someone! It’s more common than you think!”
Okay, so postpartum isn’t hyphenated, and PPD isn’t the baby blues, but still! He certainly seems to know more about PPD than many reporters in the media that I’ve come across. Thank you, Perez, for helping to de-stigmatize postpartum depression and encourage the moms who follow your work to get help.
Now if we could only get Bryce Dallas Howard to support Postpartum Progress! 😉
You know, it’s funny you posted this – Perez posted the clip of my interview with Katie Couric on PPD and depression, and I was shocked! I think this is something he must care about, which is awesome. 🙂