Ivanka Trump reveals postpartum depression struggle

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Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of US President Donald Trump, has revealed that she suffered from postpartum depression after all three of her pregnancies.

"With each of my three children, I had some level of postpartum depression," she said in an interview for The Dr. Oz Show that aired in the US on Thursday.

"It was a very challenging, emotional time for me," the 35-year-old first daughter recalled, "because I felt I was not living up to my potential as a parent or as an entrepreneur or as an executive."

"I had had such easy pregnancies that in some way, the juxtaposition hit me even harder," Trump admitted.

Ivanka Trump, with her husband Jared Kushner and their son Theodore. /Xinhua Photo

"Look, I consider myself a very hard-charging person. I'm ambitious. I'm passionate. I'm driven. But this is something that affects parents all over the country," she told Dr. Oz.

"You need to jump all over this," she urged the audience.

Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, 36, have three children aged between one and six.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in nine US women experience postpartum depression.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency