Lorraine Kelly's daughter Rosie bravely opens up on postpartum anxiety as she appears on show with baby daughter
Lorraine Kelly’s daughter Rosie has bravely opened up on TV about her struggles with postpartum anxiety following the birth of her daughter Billie six weeks ago. The new mum appeared on Lorraine’s show on Tuesday 15 October to talk about her experiences and introduce her gorgeous baby daughter on air, alongside Dr Hilary Jones, who was there to offer medical advice on how to cope with anxiety after birth.
Rosie said Billie was a “dream baby” but she had struggled after Billie’s birth. She said: "I think postpartum depression gets spoken about a lot but I didn’t really know about postpartum anxiety. I think a lot of people say your hormones are mental and you have all these feelings. I was very prepared to feel like, 'I'm not good enough, I'm doing well enough,' but I wasn't prepared for not feeling safe and I thought, 'That's not normal.'"
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Dr Hilary reassured Rosie, saying: "It is normal. 15 percent of women postnatally will feel anxious and worried about everything. You have a new responsibility but you're also tired. You have sleep deprivation and interrupted sleep. Also, your hormones are taking a big drop and all of that has a huge influence physiologically on your body and on your mind. So you’re going to worry about everything, probably worry about Steve [Rosie’s partner, Steve White], and you worry about the baby."
He added: "That's normal and it will all disappear." Rosie replied: “I was more worried about him [Steve]... I feel a lot better now. I feel like after the six weeks hit, the fog has kind of gone off and I can enjoy it a bit more.”
She also revealed that she found breastfeeding “very hard” work. “I didn’t realise how much hard work it was breastfeeding, because I didn’t know if I was going to be able to do it, so I didn’t put any pressure on myself to do it but I wanted to try it… Sometimes my supply is really bad but sometimes it’s really good and I panic but it’s fine.”
Rosie appeared on the Lorraine show with her new baby 30 years after her mum had sat on the sofa with baby Rosie in her arms. Presenter Ross King also joined the interview on a video call from Los Angeles to congratulate Rosie, who he has known since she was a baby.
Proud granny Lorraine told him: “It’s just lovely Ross, it’s just been a very, very special time.”
