LAHORE – Renowned Pakistani model and actress Sarwat Gilani has revealed her experience with postpartum depression.
Recently, Sarwat Gilani appeared on a private TV show where she openly discussed postpartum depression. The video clip of this discussion has gone viral on social media.
During the show, other actresses talked about the difficulties they faced while raising children. Sarwat Gilani admitted to going through postpartum depression.
During the show, Sarwat Gilani shared that although she had given birth to two sons before, she did not experience postpartum depression. However, after the birth of her third child, a daughter, she was in a lot of pain due to surgery.
The actress explained that because she had undergone surgery, she met her daughter for the first time four days after birth in the hospital. When she first saw her daughter, the baby was having difficulty breastfeeding. During this time, Sarwat had thoughts of dropping her daughter to end all the pain and trouble.
She further shared that upon having such thoughts, she burst into tears and then spoke to her husband, Fahad Mirza, telling him that she wanted to harm their daughter. Her husband explained to her that this was postpartum depression and that having such thoughts after childbirth was normal because she was experiencing depression. He assured her that these were not her permanent feelings but just temporary thoughts due to her condition.
Sarwat Gilani married actor and renowned plastic surgeon Fahad Mirza in 2014. The couple has two sons Rohan Mirza and Ariz Muhammad Mirza. In December 2023, the actress gave birth to her first daughter.
What is postpartum depression?
After childbirth, many women experience intense feelings of sadness, anxiety, worry and fatigue, which can last for a long time.
