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I began to understand I was experiencing postpartum anxiety and depression centered around feeding and fueled by a lack of sleep,” she says. Mendelsohn is not alone in both postpartum experiences.

Amanda Molinari was hoping to capture footage of her daughter Vianna but her two-year-old son Julian had other ideas.