Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins.Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty
Thomas Rhettand his wifeLauren Akinsare opening up about their experience with postpartum depression.
The couple, both 33, co-hosted a recent episode of Akins' podcastLive in Loveand went into detail about Akins' diagnosis of postpartum depression. “After Ada James, ourmarriage had a falling apart,” Akins shared.
“After Lennon, the world had a falling apart,” she then said of the COVID pandemic. “After Lillie, I had a falling apart.”
“After Lillie, I do remember it was scary for me and there’s not many people you can talk to about that because you don’t want it to sound like you’re gossiping behind your wife’s back,” Thomas Rhett explained. “It’s not like you want to call a buddy and be like, ‘Hey, my wife is acting super strange.'”
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“Lifeless is not the right word, but along the lines of dull,” the country singer continued. “It felt like a hopeless place for me.”
“In the back of my mind, I was like, ‘This is not normal,'” Akins revealed. “I have experienced birthing children before and I’ve not felt this.'”
Akins and Thomas Rhett shares daughtersLillie Carolina, 17 months,Lennon Love, 3,Ada James, 5½, andWilla Gray, 7.
For Father’s Day this year, Akins shared the couple’s podcast episode to her Instagram, writing, “We got to have TR on this week’s episode of #LiveinLove for #fathersday! Watching him be a dad is my favorite thing, especially in these creative moments :)”
“🧡 Love you so much honey! 🥰🥰.”
In the clip,the musician explained his process for demoing songsand said that he comes up with little rap games in the kitchen for his daughters. “I would say a line like, ‘I’m going to eat this chocolate bunny, and I’m going to something something that ain’t funny,’ and then have [my daughters] try to keep rhyming,” he said.
“It’s cool to watch their brains … it is interesting to watch them grow into their own, whatever they’re going to do.”
source: people.com
