Postpartum Quotes

On the May 26th, 2005 edition of "Access Hollywood" (1996), Tom Cruise criticized her career and her "misguided" use of the "dangerous" anti-depressant, Paxil, to treat her postpartum depression. He also said that the best treatment option for women experiencing postpartum depression is vitamins. She responded by saying, "Tom Cruise`s comments are irresponsible and dangerous. Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women who are experiencing postpartum depression decide what treatment options are best for them".

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

This is a serious, serious condition that is also called postpartum psychosis. And that`s where, literally, you get so bad that you end up either hurting the baby or killing yourself.

We used to think the rate of postpartum depression was 9 percent. We now know it is much higher than that.