Hayden Panettiere wishes she knew more about postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter

Hayden Panettiere opened up about her battle with postpartum depression on Friday, saying The summary of E! that she wished someone had told her more about the condition after the birth of her daughter Kaya, now eight years old.

The 33-year-old Scream VI star, who recently lost her beloved younger brother, Jansen, told the outlet: ‘I wish I knew about postpartum depression. I wish I knew how to take care of him.

Panettiere has struggled with substance abuse in the past and addressed her battles with alcoholism, saying her postpartum depression led her to drink more.

“I thought something bad was wrong with me, so I thought, ‘Fireball will fix this, duh!’ And it wasn’t like that. He does it for a moment, but then he makes things worse.

“And then it hurts,” Hayden said. “You’re like, ‘I should be able to get through this on my own.'”

The Nashville star went on to speak candidly about the difficult period that followed the birth of her daughter.

“I wish someone would tell me that was a possibility, tell me that it’s okay if you give birth to your child and not immediately go, ‘Oh my God, I love you more than anything in the whole world!

‘It’s okay and it’s not abnormal if [your baby] It comes out and it’s a drop, and you’re like, “Oh my gosh, this is like a crazy little creation that I’m going to love when I meet you.”

Panettiere shares Kaya with her ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko, 47, the former two-time heavyweight boxing champion, whom she dated from 2000 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2018.

Klitschko retained custody of the girl amid Hayden’s tough battle with postpartum depression and alcohol abuse.

Klitschko eventually moved to his native Ukraine with Kaya, but she has been forced out of the country since the Russian invasion. Panettiere posted on Instagram in support of the country and her “friends and family” who were living there when the war broke out, confirming in the comments that her daughter was “safe.”

Klitschko, however, entered the war, along with his 50-year-old brother Vitali, the mayor of kyiv, who was also a heavyweight boxing champion. The brothers took up arms to repel a Russian convoy approaching the capital after declaring they were “ready to die” to defend their homeland.

During a meeting on Facebook’s Red Table Talk in September, Panettiere claimed that her ex-partner Klitschko refuses to allow their daughter to visit her in California, and accused him of forcing her to give up their son after he took the girl. . She went to the Ukraine for a trip and never came back.

“I thought he was going to visit him like he always did, he was going back and forth between Nashville and the Ukraine, but once he was there, [he] went immediately [like]’I want full custody of her,’ which was a shock to me,’ he said.

Panettiere says that he has not “received any indication” that the custody situation will change, but “he has been told that I can come and see her at any time.”

“I just hold out hope that one day, when he’s old enough to have his opinion a little more respected and his wishes heard, there will be more proactivity on that side.”

The Nashville star’s difficult period took a turn for the worse in February when his beloved younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, 28, was found dead in his apartment in Nyack, New York.

He He reportedly died ‘of an enlarged heart’ according to a statement issued by his relatives, who say it was confirmed by the medical examiner.

The actress wore a custom colorful bomber jacket designed by Jansen and sold through her brand rane38 when she attended a celebration of life service earlier this month.

Panettiere recently gave his first interview since losing his little brother, sitting down with Good Morning America.

When GMA presenter Michael Strahan offered his condolences, she placed a hand on her heart and said: ‘Thank you. He is here with me,’ as her voice began to crack.

According to a police report, Jansen’s body was discovered at his home by three friends who found him “unresponsive” in a chair and desperately tried to revive him with CPR.

I Love You actress Beth Cooper brought her boyfriend Brian Hickerson, 32, to Jansen’s celebration of life service.

In July it was reported that Panettiere and Hickerson, who is on probation until 2025 for domestically abusing the actress in 2018, had finally called off their troubled on-and-off romance.

Hickerson was sentenced to 45 days in jail and four years probation in 2021 after the actress accused him of domestic violence in 2018. He also had to attend 52 domestic violence classes, pay $500 in restitution, and was issued a warrant. five-year protection.

He was arrested on multiple felony counts, including bodily injury to a spouse/cohabitant, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and one count of intimidating Panettiere. He also faced a misdemeanor charge of assault on a spouse/cohabitant.

He allegedly assaulted Panettiere from December 2019 to January 2020 and the actress obtained a restraining order against him in May 2019, prohibiting him from coming within 100 meters of her.

speaking to PEOPLEPanettiere said that despite the trauma, he was “trying to live in a place of forgiveness” and “understanding” regarding Hickerson and the multiple incidents of domestic violence he was accused of during their relationship.