Una Healy Bravely Opens Up About Battle With Postnatal Depression

The ex-Saturdays star, who has a five-year-old daughter and two-year-old son, explained: "When I had Tadgh, I had a touch of PND, something I didn't experience when Aoife was born. It was a lonely time and I wasn't helping the situation. I was moving to a new house, Ben had suffered an injury at work and I also jumped back into work quicker than I did when I had Aoife. I thought I would be fine, and could do it all because I'd had a child before."
In a new interview with the Press Association, the 35-year-old added: "I had the support of my own mum and all my family, but I was putting so much pressure on myself to be a good mum, and started to feel alone and withdrawn.
"All this added up, and finally I went to my GP who diagnosed post-natal depression. I was offered medication but having tried both, preferred the cognitive therapy route. Talking, whether to my GP or to friends and other new mums, was so helpful for me."