05/26/2026
She said what so many new moms feel but can't put into words. 🎬 What Hayden Panettiere shared on Good Morning America gets at something research has been saying for years — when a new mom can't find the right kind of support, she doesn't just feel alone. She feels like she's failing at something everyone else finds natural.
And that experience isn't a moral failing - it's a risk factor.
Postpartum depression affects 1 in 8 women, and we know the risk factors well: history of anxiety or depression, stress during pregnancy, birth complications — but the one factor that's most modifiable? Social support.
Not "do you have people around you" — but do you have people who show up in the right ways. There's a difference between presence and support, and Hayden Panettiere named that distinction better than most clinical definitions do.
If no one taught you what postpartum support actually looks like, that's not a character flaw in your village. It's a gap in how we prepare families for this.
Full breakdown of the research on risk factors — and what meaningful support actually looks like — in Episode 55 of The Dr. Suzette Glasner Podcast.🎙️ Link in bio.
