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Hayden Panettiere's Alcohol Battle After Childbirth
19 May
Summary
- Panettiere battled severe postpartum depression after a traumatic C-section.
- She struggled to bond with her daughter, relying on alcohol to cope.
- The actress spent eight months in rehab to overcome addiction.
Actress Hayden Panettiere has shared the harrowing details of her postpartum depression experience. Following a difficult C-section that resulted in a uterine infection and required seven blood transfusions, Panettiere found herself emotionally disconnected from her newborn daughter, Kaya.
She admitted to struggling to bond with Kaya in the initial weeks after birth. Panettiere described hearing another mother's similar struggles as a moment of relief, which she then desperately sought to recreate through alcohol. She confessed to hiding Fireball bottles from her ex-partner and consuming alcohol from morning until night as her life unraveled.
Even after a period of sobriety in treatment, returning to work on 'Nashville' reignited her anxiety, and alcohol use resumed. Ultimately, Panettiere entered an eight-month rehabilitation program to confront and overcome her addiction.
