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Aussie actress Claire Holt has opened up about the anxiety she felt after giving birth to her first child . Appearing on the latest episode of the Mum Era podcast with Renee Bargh and Olivia Davies, Holt spoke about the difference in her stress levels after giving birth to her first child James, compared to her third child, Ford. Watch the video above.

 READ MORE: It was 20 years before Karl learned his tattoo was mistranslated She shared the she had "so much guilt" after her first pregnancy adding that she felt like she shouldn't have been relying on other people. "I really felt like, 'I'm his mother, I should be able to do all of this'," she told the podcast hosts. "I should be able to breastfeed him.



I should be able to take care of him. I should be able to comfort him. "I shouldn't need someone to help me because I need to take a nap.

That's crazy. This is my child." The Vampire Diaries actress said she felt "sick to my stomach" with anxiety almost every day.

"I thought that I was the worst mum in the world, that I was not cut out for it, that I would never enjoy it," she shared. "I would always be craving time to like escape or like to sit in my driveway and cry by myself or just be by myself." For a daily dose of 9honey, subscribe to our newsletter here .

She shared that she struggled with "crazy anxiety" around breastfeeding and accidentally 'poisoning' James, adding that he was diagnosed with a "pretty severe" milk protein allergy. "I couldn't enjoy m.

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