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Hayden Panettiere reflected on her struggles with postpartum depression and substance abuse in tell-all memoir

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The "Heroes" alum turned to alcohol after experiencing a "traumatic" birth that included 14 hours of labor, a three-hour surgery and seven blood transfusions.

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  1. Insider

    Hayden Panettiere opened up about motherhood and addiction months before her death at 36 (opens Insider)

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    Hayden Panettiere released her memoir in May, detailing her postpartum struggles and battle with alcoholism after giving birth to her daughter in 2014.

  2. News Nation Now

    What did Hayden Panettiere reveal in her memoir? (opens News Nation Now)

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    Panettiere wrote candidly about experiencing postpartum depression after giving birth to her daughter.

  3. New York Post

    Hayden Panettiere reflected on her struggles with postpartum depression and substance abuse in tell-all memoir (opens New York Post)

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    The "Heroes" alum turned to alcohol after experiencing a "traumatic" birth that included 14 hours of labor, a three-hour surgery and seven blood transfusions.

  4. ABC News

    Hayden Panettiere spoke openly about personal struggles amid successful career (opens ABC News)

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    Hayden Panettiere was open about her struggles with fame and addiction before her death at 36.

  5. New York Post

    Hayden Panettiere and the silence that surrounds maternal depression (opens New York Post)

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    I saw Hayden Panettiere in May at what would become her last Los Angeles book event, a conversation about her bestselling memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning," moderated by podcast host Alyshia Ochse.

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