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Jennifer Lawrence Says Postpartum Anxiety Worsened After Second Birth, Credits New Drug for Relief

She explains she now cooperates with paparazzi to reduce the anxiety her kids might feel.

Overview

  • In a New Yorker interview published Monday, the 35-year-old actor recounts acute postpartum anxiety after welcoming her second child earlier this year.
  • She describes intrusive fears that her newborn had died while sleeping and worries she was doing everything wrong for her family.
  • Lawrence says taking Zurzuvae, a newer treatment for postpartum depression, brought quick, significant improvement in her symptoms.
  • She says she deliberately became an easy paparazzi target so her children would not pick up on her stress when they leave the house.
  • She reveals her second baby is a boy and recalls an emotional ChatGPT exchange about breastfeeding, while the child's name remains unconfirmed despite speculation.