meghan trainor He recently opened up about his hospital experience shortly after the birth of his son in February 2021.
The singer welcomed her son Riley, who is now 20 months old, with husband Daryl Sabara last year. Trainor and Sabara met and started dating in 2016 after a mutual friend, Chloe Grace Moretz, set them up and they eventually tied the knot in December 2018.
During an interview with People, Trainor detailed the week following the birth of her son. He wouldn’t stay awake long enough to feed from her, and she was frustrated that the doctors couldn’t give her and her husband answers as to why or let them know when her son’s condition would improve.
“It was really frustrating not having an answer,” the singer said. “Not having answers as to why my son didn’t wake up for a week was very frustrating.”
Trainor previously explained in an interview with Breakout that Riley was in the NICU because she had a hard time waking up to feed.
It was frustrating for Trainor not to have answers as to why her son wouldn’t wake up.
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Trainor was also frustrated by the fact that many of the nurses were trying to convince her that her son’s condition was her fault because she was taking antidepressants during her pregnancy.
“They said, ‘Sometimes it happens,’ and then some nurses said, ‘Well, it’s because you’re taking antidepressants,'” Trainor said. “And I’m like, ‘Yes, but others have told me that’s not it.'”
The “All About That Bass” singer didn’t realize how much the whole experience affected her until she discussed it with her therapist and realized she was having nightmares about her birth experience, seeing herself having a C-section.
“[We] I realized how traumatic all of that was, and how I was have PTSD at night, when I was trying to go to sleep,” she said. “I was back in the C-section, on the table.”
The trauma she experienced led her to fear becoming pregnant again and having to go through another terrifying situation after giving birth. Despite her trauma, Trainor and Sabara are trying to have another baby so they can give her son a sibling.
Trainor said it’s scary to think about getting pregnant again in fear of another traumatic birth.
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“It’s scary to go into another pregnancy and say, ‘Well, I hope that doesn’t happen again.’ Do I have to change my whole life? I don’t know,” she explained. “So it’s infuriating.”
Despite Riley’s bumpy start in life, Trainor says she’s doing great and hitting all sorts of milestones, including acknowledging her as his mother and showing his affection, something that Trainor is very excited about.
He explained that, until now, his son has been a daddy’s boy. And even though she doesn’t say “mom” yet, he runs over and gives her big hugs, which she loves.
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“He finally knows who I am and he gives me those running hugs. He’s like my little koala. He just hugs me so tight and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, he knows who I am and he loves me.'” ‘” Trainor said. “Because this guy says, ‘Dada,’ and that’s it. So I’m like, ‘Does he even know I exist?’ But no, now I finally feel like he loves me, and it’s the greatest feeling of all.”
Trainor has never questioned his decision to speak openly about her. mental health struggles as a mother, noting that it is her way of letting other moms know that they are not alone in their feelings and that she can relate to them.
“When I talk about what I went through with my mental health issues, or something wrong or something I struggled with, … I thought, ‘I bet there are a lot of other moms out there dealing with this too,'” she said. he said she. “I feel comfortable speaking my truth and talking about my personal things if it helps others, you know?”
Trainor shares her mental health struggles to help other moms who may be experiencing similar issues.
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Trainor’s newest song, “Made You Look,” will premiere exclusively on the mobile gaming app. candy Crush Saga on October 20, and his fifth studio album, “Takin’ it Back”, will be released on October 21.