Aussie influencer Chloe Fisher recently welcomed her first child with her husband Paul 'DJ' Fisher. Despite the joy of welcoming her daughter Bobbi into the world after a long, difficult fertility journey, it has been a difficult time for Fisher. In a new episode of her podcast Darling, Shine , which she cohosts with Ellidy Pullin, Fisher spoke with mental health expert Mitch Wallis and opened up about a bout of baby blues she experienced and the guilt she felt about it.
Watch the video above. READ MORE: Stunning move will see Harry and William cross paths "I've just had a baby, obviously. It's something that I've wanted my whole life.
We've tried for five years, and I went through a fairly traumatic experience post-birth with a lot of blood loss," she explained to Wallis. "I remember getting back to my hospital room after being released from ICU and getting in there with Paul and, like, looking at my baby and just literally bawling my eyes out. "It actually makes me teary thinking about it.
" After a challenging post-birth experience, the new mum was overcome with emotions. "I spent, like, the first week of post birth, swear to god, like, crying and crying and crying and crying," she said. READ MORE: UK reality star defends wife over gender reveal disappointment During that week, Fisher would call her family and friends to talk about how she was feeling.
"I am so obsessed with my baby, she's the best thing in the world, but I literally cannot stop crying," she would tell them. It was something Fisher grappled with. She finally had the beautiful baby she had wanted for so long after experiencing fertility struggles and multiple devastating miscarriages but she couldn't help but feel sad.
Fisher admits it left her feeling guilty. "In my mind I was just thinking, 'This is all you've ever wanted like, you should be so freaking happy right now. Why am I so sad? Like, why can't I stop crying?'" she explained.
READ MORE: Big spring gardening mistake costing time and money For a daily dose of 9honey, subscribe to our newsletter here . Speaking to Wallis, Fisher reflected on the fact that she hadn't understood how new mothers could experience postnatal depression before she had a child of her own. "How could you be sad when you've got this miracle?" she would think to herself.
But once it happened to her she realised just how real it is and she says she can now "empathise with people that suffer from postnatal depression". This experience is sadly a very common one. According to the Gidget Foundation Australia " perinatal depression and anxiety affect almost 100,000 expectant and new parents in Australia each year.
" Perinatal mental health support is available from the PANDA National Helpline on 1300 726 306. FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE : Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.
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