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In a candid new interview, Kylie Jenner has revealed she suffered from “painful” postpartum depression after giving birth to both of her two children. 

Speaking to Vanity Fair Italy, Jenner, who shares daughter Stormi, 5, and son Aire, 1, with rapper Travis Scott, says she thought at the time the feelings would “never pass,” adding that though she experienced postpartum depression with both her children, the second time, after Aire’s February 2022 arrival, was “more manageable” than her “very difficult” period following her daughter Stormi’s February 2018 birth.

The 25-year-old beauty mogul went on to advise other women who have been struggling with the same emotions to “stay inside that moment, even if it is painful” and “live through that transition without fear of the aftermath.”

“The risk is to miss all the most beautiful things of motherhood,” she explained. “I would tell those women not to overthink things and to live all the emotions of that moment to the fullest. I know, in those moments you think that it will never pass, that your body will never be the same as before, that you will never be the same.”

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LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 06: Kylie Jenner and Stormi seen leaving their hotel in London, on their way to the O2 to see Travis Scott’s gig on August 06, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)

“That’s not true,” Jenner continued. “The hormones, the emotions at that stage are much, much more powerful and bigger than you.”

Jenner previously spoke about suffering from mental ill health following the birth of her son on an October 2022 episode of The Kardashians, though at the time she didn’t mention the term ‘postpartum depression.’ In the episode, Jenner is seen telling her older sister, Kendall Jenner, she cried for three weeks straight after giving birth to Aire. 

“I would be laying in bed and my head would just hurt so bad,” she said. “It’s been really hard.”

In March 2022, Jenner also explained that she put too much “pressure” on herself to get her old body back after giving birth to her daughter Stormi. “I realised that I was putting some pressure on myself, and I just keep reminding myself I made a whole human, a beautiful healthy boy,” she wrote on Instagram. “We have to stop putting pressure on ourselves to be back, not even physically just mentally, after birth.”