Dani Dyer has revealed that she experienced postnatal depression fears after suffering with low moods following the birth of her son Santiago.
The new mum, 24, welcomed her baby boy in January with her stockbroker boyfriend Sammy Kimmence, 24.
Speaking on her podcast Sorted with the Dyers on Thursday, she said: ‘I think when you’ve just had a baby you really start worrying, thinking, “Am I suffering with a bit of postnatal depression?”‘
Concerned: Dani Dyer has revealed that she experienced postnatal depression fears after suffering with low moods following the birth of her son Santiago
On the show, which she shares with her father Danny Dyer, 43, Dani said that this winter had been ‘awful’.
The Love Island star explained: ‘The other day I was really struggling, I had a couple of days where I made a shepherd’s pie but I just felt so down,
A common problem, post natal depression affects more than 1 in every 10 women within a year of giving birth, according to the NHS.
Cute: The new mum welcomed her baby boy in January with her stockbroker boyfriend Sammy Kimmence
Dani continued: ‘I know this sounds weird but I made the shepherd’s pie but it was like I wasn’t making it.
‘I had a couple of days of just really not feeling me and then I went on a walk and I felt back to myself. I felt so low.’
And the new arrival has been an emotional experience for the entire Dyer family.
The reality star also revealed on Thursday that her co-host and father couldn’t stop crying after baby Santiago was born.
Confusing: Dani revealed that ‘when you’ve just had a baby you really start worrying’ about post natal depression
Speaking on the Made By Mammas podcast she said: ‘My dad didn’t realise [he would be so emotional about being a granddad]. ‘He has been so emotional around Santiago, the other day he was really crying,
‘He went: “I love babies, but your baby. I have never felt anything like it. I didn’t think I’d feel like this”.
‘He hasn’t experienced being a grandad yet, I made him a first time grandad. It has hit him more now.
‘He did see me pregnant and getting bigger but seeing me with the baby, it’s like, “this is real now”.’
Tough: Speaking on the podcast Sorted with the Dyers, which she shares with her father Danny Dyer, Dani said that this winter had been ‘awful’
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According to Dani, she decided to keep her pregnancy to herself until the scan when she revealed the exciting news to her father.
She added: ‘I think sometimes you talk about planning for a baby, but I am always quite secretive and keep things to myself.
‘It wasn’t that we weren’t planning, I didn’t want to tell my mum straight away but I did. I didn’t want to tell dad until the scan.’
Overwhelming: And the new arrival has been an emotional experience for the entire Dyer family as Dani also revealed that her ather couldn’t stop crying after Santi was born
Source: Daily Mail