\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n \tRelated story \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tMegan Thee Stallion Finally Reveals the Scary Health Event Behind Her ‘Moulin Rouge’ Absence: ‘I Don’t Think I’m OK\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n \t \n\tBefore giving birth, Tisdale said she felt \u201cemotionally equipped\u201d to handle motherhood<\/a>, but the drastic hormonal changes caught her off guard.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI got hit with postpartum depression<\/a>, which is really hormonal, and all of the tools that I had learned and knew how to use, you can\u2019t use,\u201d she said. \u201cI remember being in the car and almost having a panic attack just being in traffic. I\u2019m like, I was never this bad, and then nobody was diagnosing me with it, too.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tInstead of screening her for postpartum depression<\/a>, Tisdale said her OB-GYN misdiagnosed her with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) \u2014 a severe form of PMS<\/a> that causes intense mood shifts in the weeks leading up to a period \u2014 but when Tisdale asked for treatment options, her doctor told her there was nothing they could do.<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>, roughly 1 in 8 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression after giving birth.<\/p>\n \n\tDespite how common the condition is, she spent the next two years terrified she would be stuck feeling miserable forever. It wasn\u2019t until Jupiter\u2019s second birthday \u2014 when the symptoms seemed to subside \u2014 that a doctor finally confirmed she had actually been suffering from postpartum depression.<\/p>\n \n\tTo avoid a repeat of her first birth, Tisdale and her team built a strict postpartum care plan before she welcomed her second daughter, Emerson, in September 2024. Her doula scheduled people to check in on her every few days to ensure she had support<\/a> after leaving the hospital.<\/p>\n \n\tThe change made a huge difference. Tisdale described it as an \u201cextreme opposite\u201d experience. \u201cI was so happy, I didn\u2019t even stay in bed,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt scares you from having another baby,\u201d she said of PPD. \u201cYou\u2019re like, I don\u2019t want to go through that again.\u201d But because every postpartum experience is unique, Tisdale encouraged other mothers to stay hopeful. \u201cI think it\u2019s so great to even just try again, because I\u2019m so grateful to have the opposite of that [experience].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Megan](\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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