Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia has always been vocal about her pregnancy and postpartum journeys. Recently, the actress felt that it is high time people started talking and normalizing postpartum depression. She called out new mothers to address the issue without feeling guilty about it.
Neha Dhupia, who has become a mother for the second time recently, has spoken about the issue to a leading daily. She said, “The thing about postpartum depression is that you don’t come to terms with it. Sometimes, you are busy and preoccupied to address it, and sometimes you are just told that ‘Hey, you just had a baby, and that’s why it is just hormones and a mix of emotions’.”
Dhupia also encouraged new mothers to talk about the phase with closed ones, “If you are going through it, you need to talk about it, reach out, get your life back. There is nothing wrong with wanting to do the things that you were doing earlier (before pregnancy)”, she continued, “other mums also need to be encouraged to speak about it. Because as soon as you have the child, you get so overwhelmed, whether it is about feeding or looking after the baby’s needs.”
The actress also shed light on the fact how it becomes overwhelming for a new mother, “you get overwhelmed, whether it is about feeding or looking after the baby’s need and amid all this, the most neglected person is the mother herself.”
Neha asserted, “I have gone through it. I knew what I was heading into with my second pregnancy and with postpartum for the second time in my life, so I addressed it differently. But everyone around needs to be so much more conscious about what the mother goes through.”
The 41-year-old new mom also called out other new moms to give self-love a priority. She concluded, “You have to make sure that the mother is equally well looked after. Self love is the biggest thing about being a mom, a new mom. There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of self love. I feel like that also is a huge point at which we can move away from postpartum.”
Neha Dhupia welcomed her first child Mehr Dhupia Bedi in 2018 with her partner Angad Bedi. Neha conceived their first child without a wedlock and shattered stereotypes. Later, she married her long time boyfriend Angad Bedi in the same year and rejoiced in married life and postpartum life altogether. Later in 2021, the duo welcomed their second born son.
Neha is often seen sharing her motherhood journey on her social media handle. Recently, the actress shared a picture with her two kids where she was seen sharing some cozy moments with them. She captioned the post, “Distance makes the heart go weaker.”
On the work front, Neha Dhupia has been one of the leaders of the popular reality show MTV Roadies for the last couple of seasons. Other than that, she was last seen in the movie Sanak where she played the role of a police officer.