Georgia, who is married to McFly’s Danny Jones, spoke out to raise awareness of an issue affecting more than one in 10 women within a year of giving birth
Georgia, 38, an influencer and podcast host, tied the knot with McFly’s Danny in 2014, and they welcomed their son Cooper in January 2019.
The couple’s relationship was thrust into the limelight last year when a video surfaced showing Danny, 39, seemingly kissing Maura Higgins at a Brit Awards afterparty.
Following the incident, Danny publicly apologised on social media, expressing regret for “putting them in this situation” to his wife and family.
Despite rumours that they are mending their marriage and moving past the controversy, Georgia has kept a low profile recently. Yet, she returned to the public eye with an appearance on This Morning on Monday, discussing a personal challenge she faced.
Georgia bravely spoke about her battle with postnatal depression, which impacts over one in ten new mothers within the first year after childbirth, revealing her own 18-month ordeal following Cooper’s arrival.
“Cooper is our absolute world, and it’s hard to imagine, but the immense love I have for him now wasn’t there right from the beginning,” she disclosed, reports Wales Online.
The couple married in 2014(Image: Getty Images)
She elaborated: “The hardest part for me was just that, becoming mum. It was the initial entrance of Cooper into the world and how I felt.
“It wasn’t that instant gushy, ‘Oh my gosh, I love my baby so much’ and I think because I didn’t feel that, I then put so much pressure on myself.”
“I was just not the best person to be around because I was just low,” she confessed.
Georgia, visibly moved, shared her distressing experience, revealing that she “felt like I was failing at being a mum, really failing at being a mum, and I didn’t want that”.
She elaborated on her struggle: “Nothing in me wanted to feel the way I was feeling. You try and you try, each day you wake up and you’re like, ‘Ok, hopefully I’ll feel better today’ and then you don’t. Then you’re like, ‘Why? What’s wrong with me?'”
Georgina opened up about suffering from postnatal depression(Image: ITV)
Despite her attempts to conceal and “mask” her postnatal depression, Georgia admitted that her nearest and dearest could tell she was not managing well.
She opened up about the toll it took on her partner as well, stating: “Danny definitely noticed that I wasn’t myself. What he found hard was that he couldn’t fix it and he didn’t know how to solve the problem.”
After enduring 18 months of “suffering in silence”, Georgia sought professional help, declaring that attending therapy was “the best thing I’ve ever done”.
In a heartfelt segment on the ITV morning show, Georgia sat with Dr Caroline Boyd, a clinical psychologist, to delve into the science of postnatal depression and its warning signs.
Her journey also led her to PANDAS charity, which runs support groups nationwide for parents grappling with mental health issues, where she encountered other mothers who had faced similar challenges after childbirth.
Reflecting on their conversations, Georgia emotionally confessed: “I had everyone there but couldn’t have felt more alone.”
Georgia and Danny’s relationship was thrown into the spotlight last year after the kissing scandal emerged(Image: Danny Jones Instagram)
She poignantly reflected: “I always say I felt like I lost my sparkle. You know when you look back at photos from back then, I always look at myself and I think – this is going to make me upset – I think, she wasn’t there.”
Opening up to the group, she expressed regret, saying, “I wish I’d have had a group like you girls to talk to and then maybe I wouldn’t have spent 18 months of not being me.”
Georgia, looking back on her journey, emphasised the significance of sharing their struggles, noting how crucial it was for her and the women she encountered to discuss their experiences.
She concluded with an encouraging note, reminding everyone, “The help is out there, you just need to reach out.”
