Parineeti Chopra Reflects On Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression: If A Mother Doesn't Have Support... - EXCLUSIVE

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Chopra is currently enjoying the new phase of her life - motherhood. The Bollywood actress and her husband, Raghav Chadha, were blessed with their son Neer in October 2025. Since then, Parineeti has been fulfilling the duties of a doting mother. Recently, Zoom did an exclusive interaction with the actress, where she discussed motherhood, mum guilt, postpartum depression, and more. Speaking of postpartum depression, Parineeti feels it needs to be an extended part of pregnancy that needs to be taken care of. According to her, there needs to be medical assistance and awareness.

Parineeti Chopra on mothers suffering from postpartum depression

In an exclusive chat with us, Parineeti said, "Many people think of the delivery or the birth of a baby to be the end of the hard part. (They feel) 'now the baby's here, the pregnancy is over. Now you're just living your life. You don't really have to be taken care of medically'. That's not true."

The actress added that for some mothers pregnancy is easy and postpartum is hard and vice-versa. In her opinion, every mother is different. "But I feel medical assistance, medical awareness, and a support system for a woman whose hormones crash after delivering a baby is a very important medical event that needs to be taken care of," she sadded.Parineeti continued to add, "Unfortunately, the term depression is misused by some people. And they're just like, 'Oh, she's sad'. (But) she's dealing with a painful delivery, painful recovery, a hormonal crash, and emotional crash. She's feeding a baby. She's taking care of a human being." The actress strongly believes that postpartum mothers need to be taken much more care of than what is currently being done. She feels it's not just normalising conversations around it, but seeking professional and family help for a women whose life changed overnight.The actress further reflected on how it's important for a family and husband to be taught how to take care of a new mother. "It's not just taking care of the baby. Sometimes that's the easy part, and the woman is going through much more. If we can support the mother, I know I can speak for every woman, she can do anything. But if she doesn't have that support in those first few months postpartum, she collapses. And if she collapses, the baby, the family and the house collapses," she mentioned.

Parineeti Chopra on balancing work and motherhood

In the same conversation, the Ishaqzaade actress spoke about balancing work and motherhood. She believes it is not easy to do it as motherhood is 10 jobs in one and work is full-time job. "It will never be easy. And that's why you choose the life that works for you. You choose the schedules that work for you," she shared.

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On the work front, Parineeti will next be seen in Talaash: A Mother's Search. The actress' show with Soni Razdan, Jennifer Winget and Tahir Raj Bhasin, will stream on Netflix.