Hayden Panettiere was kind enough to share some pics from a beach trip on Sunday with the world.
One pic shows Hayden Panettiere looking healthy and happy as she stands in front of her towering fiance, Ukranian boxer Wladimir Klitschko.
The other is of Klitschko and their one-year-old daughter, Kaya Evdokia.
Hayden Panettiere seems to be doing much better after coming clean about her struggle and treatment for postpartum depression.
Hayden Panettiere did say that coming clean about her struggle on Live with Kelly and Michael was like a weight being lifted off her shoulders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnc04OUKnqI
On the show, Hayden Panettiere said, in part, “It’s something a lot of women experience. When [you are told] about postpartum depression you think it’s ‘I feel negative feelings towards my child; I want to injure or hurt my child.’ I’ve never, ever had those feelings. Some women do.”
My @Klitschko pic.twitter.com/g21MiJwZjD
— hayden panettiere (@haydenpanettier) March 5, 2016
She added, “But you don’t realize how broad of a spectrum you can really experience that on. It’s something that needs to be talked about. Women need to know that they’re not alone, and that it does heal.”
Later, Hayden Panettiere admitted that she was shocked by the love and support that came her way after coming out with it.
The loves of my life @Klitschko pic.twitter.com/MwpUKRxS4w
— hayden panettiere (@haydenpanettier) March 5, 2016
She said, “I was always so terrified that people weren’t going to accept me. I finally just went, I’m tired of living afraid. I’m tired of living in fear of what people are going to think, so, you know, I’m just going to put it all out there on the table and I’m not going to worry about the judgment.”
She added, “The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people,” she said. “I got so much support and so much love. I was floored. I feel much more exposed, yes, but in a great way.”
What do you think about Hayden Panettiere’s honesty about postpartum depression?