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Victoria Monét Says Postpartum Depression After Having Daughter Hazel Was ‘Lonely’

She said a supportive community helped her during those challenging times.

Victoria Monét is telling her story of her journey with postpartum depression after giving birth to her first child.

On Monday (August 21), the singer—whose latest album "Jaguar II" is slated to drop Friday (August 25)—opened up to PopSugar on how she adjusted to motherhood after welcoming her daughter Hazel, 2, in 2021 with partner John Gaines.

For the Grammy-nominated artist, becoming a mom has been the "biggest" change in her life since her last album, "Jaguar" in 2020 during the pandemic, which "really inspired" her to turn up the heat on her forthcoming one.

"Having a baby around that views everything as brand new can really re-inspire you and make you appreciate certain things that you may have taken for granted, like rainfall, or a little butterfly, or any of the things that we see so much that we forget how beautiful they are," she explained to the outlet.

"Living life in general has been reinvigorated with the little one around. Trying to teach her and walk her through everything reminds myself of everything that it takes to be here."

And while her baby girl has brought sunshine into her life, Monét has also experienced the more difficult side of motherhood.

“I went through a phase, to be honest, where I was going through postpartum depression," she shared.  "It's really a lonely place that's not talked about too much. People mention it when you get pregnant but you may be as little as depressed afterward, and to the depth and how you pull yourself out of it, there's no blueprint to that."

To overcome her bout, she credits a "great community of other moms" along with her mother, who helped during times of distress.

Now that she is on the other side, the next assignment on her agenda is "the level-up."

“I've been working so hard, and so many things have happened behind the scenes to make for these moments, but I feel like this energy and this frequency that I'm on that is like the next level is coming and the things that I've been wishing for are on the way,” she shared.

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