Mena Suvari still struggles with postpartum depression daily... 18 months after welcoming son

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American Beauty alum Mena Suvari might have welcomed her first child - son Christopher Alexander Hope - 18 months ago, but she still struggles with postpartum depression.'I struggle with postpartum every day,' the 43-year-old SAG Award winner confessed on Rachel Bilson's Broad Ideas podcast last Sunday.'That's all I'm doing next month is testing my hormones [and bloodwork].

So, yeah, it's all very real.' 'I struggle with postpartum every day': American Beauty alum Mena Suvari might have welcomed her first child - son Christopher Alexander Hope - 18 months ago, but she still struggles with postpartum depression (pictured April 24)Mena doesn't 'want to sugarcoat it anymore' because it doesn't 'serve anybody if I sit here and act like I'm perfect and I act like I got it together in a way that I don't.'Suvari argued she's 'entitled to those emotions' even though her baby is 'perfectly healthy' and her third husband Mike Hope is 'wonderful.''I remember sitting on our balcony saying, "I have to get out of the house.

I have to get out of the house,"' the Rhode Island-born beauty recalled.'My husband, he said, "You can go. You can go for a walk." But I didn't think I could...I still struggle with that.

That I don't need to be in [my son's] face 24/7 to raise a good human being because of my fear. It's a lot of work.' The 43-year-old SAG Award winner confessed on Rachel Bilson's Broad Ideas podcast last Sunday: 'That's all I'm doing next month is testing my hormones [and bloodwork].