Shields' Pregnancy 'A Surprise'
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Thursday, November 03, 2005
HOLLYWOOD - Brooke Shields' pregnancy proved to be a huge surprise for the actress—because she was preparing to embark on fertility treatment when she learned she was expecting.
Shields and her husband Chris Henchy were expecting to repeat in vitro fertilization (IVF), which they used to conceive their two-year-old daughter Rowan.
She says, "This was a surprise of a child. My husband was the most surprised. We don't know what month it is (due), 'cause I still have to go through all the sonograms... It's hard to chart it.
"I had gone through so much fertility (treatment) to receive my first child and I was so not in the know. I went through IVF seven times and the journey was so difficult that I was just preparing to start it again.
"It was nice that (my husband) didn't have to show up at the clinic a half an hour earlier with a magazine and whatever else (to conceive the child)!"
Meanwhile, Shields is preparing to face another battle with postpartum depression after learning she's due to give birth to her second child next year.
The actress, who battled the blues after giving birth to her daughter Rowan in 2003, insists she's ready to take on the depression should it strike twice.
She says, "If you're aware of what your struggles are, then you can take the necessary action to safeguard yourself to be ready for it. So I'm not afraid.
"Plus, it won't be such a shock. The biochemical shifts, I'll just have to be ready to be aware of it, now I know what the signs are."
Meanwhile, Shields is confident she's well-equipped to tackle post-partum depression should she suffer the blues after the birth of her second child because she knows which drugs work for her and which don't.
She insists she knows what anti-depression drugs to avoid this time around—like happy pill Paxil.
Shields adds, "I probably would not take that one again because, individually, it made my tongue (throb). I sounded like I was drunk all the time.
"(And then) it was devastating when I went off of it because I went off of it cold turkey, which was a huge mistake."
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