{"id":16606,"date":"2019-07-11T17:15:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T23:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1808943"},"modified":"2019-07-11T17:15:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T23:15:07","slug":"why-brittany-aldeans-post-is-way-too-relatable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/why-brittany-aldeans-post-is-way-too-relatable\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Brittany Aldean\u2019s Post Is Way Too Relatable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 29m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

It was years ago. Like 22 of them, to be exact. That\u2019s when I had my own baby blues. And that\u2019s why I hesitated before writing about Jason Aldean\u2019s wife Brittany\u2019s post on the topic. Because reading about her struggles when her little girl Navy Rome came along took me back to a really dark place that I never wanted to see again.<\/p>\n

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After her second baby was born on Feb. 4, Aldean said she suffered from postpartum depression. I thought, \u201cSame, girl. Same.\u201d When my second baby was born, I tried to be the blissful mother I was when my first was born. But that bliss just never came. Well-meaning friends and family told me over and over that I was just in a new-mom fog of sleeplessness and exhaustion. But it wasn\u2019t just<\/em> that. It wasn\u2019t something that an afternoon nap, a long bath, a long run or a mani-pedi could cure.<\/p>\n

\u201cPosted this in my stories,\u201d Aldean wrote on Instagram, \u201cbut feel like more people need to see it because we are all hard on ourselves. Trying to snap back after babies, not enjoying certain things for fear of not having that beach body or trying to keep up with the girl on social media. I\u2019m guilty of it too. Ohhhhh so guilty.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this. This really resonates with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aldean went on to say that after Navy was born, she had the baby blues. \u201cI was just down. An unexplainable sad feeling. I was prescribed anti-depressants by my amazing doctor,\u201d she explained, \u201cbut decided to try a few alternative methods first by working out and eating better\u2026 thinking happy thoughts, daily. It was a choice I made and ended up coming out of the slump I was in. After all, God blessed me with two healthy, precious babies. What\u2019s there to not be happy about?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Therein lies the problem with this kind of depression: Motherhood itself is not depressing. At least, it shouldn\u2019t be. So why, then, are so many mothers struggling? It\u2019s actually such a common condition that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a medication<\/a> \u2014 an intravenous infusion of a drug called brexanolone \u2014 just for the treatment of postpartum depression.<\/p>\n

Aldean admitted that all of it is hard. \u201cBeing a mom\u2026 shoot, life is just hard sometimes. Just want y\u2019all to know we all struggle. There\u2019s things not seen on Instagram\u2026 things that go on in real life people don\u2019t see\u2026. so just know you aren\u2019t alone!! You ARE enough. EAT THAT CUPCAKE, GIRLFRIEND! You deserve it.\u201d (She is right, you are not alone. Experts say that one in nine new mothers have some form of depression after childbirth.)

If you or someone you love has symptoms<\/a> of any kind of depression after welcoming a new baby, make sure you get help from the OB\/GYN who delivered the baby, or a psychiatrist nearby. You can find resources here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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