Molly-Mae Hague has revealed that she believes she experienced postpartum depression following the birth of her daughter, Bambi, three years ago. The 27-year-old influencer and entrepreneur, who welcomed her second child, son Midas Thomas, with fiancé Tommy Fury earlier this month, shared her candid reflections in a YouTube video, her first since giving birth.
Contrasting Postpartum Experiences
Speaking about the stark difference between her two postpartum periods, Molly-Mae said: "I feel like a completely different version of myself this time round to who I was postpartum with Bambi. There's no way to actually compare it." She described her earlier experience as a time of significant struggle, noting that looking back, she likely had postpartum depression "to some extent, definitely for the first three months to six months."
Postpartum depression is a serious mood disorder that can develop during pregnancy or within a year after childbirth, with symptoms including persistent sadness, anxiety, difficulty bonding with a baby, and feelings of worthlessness. Molly-Mae admitted that much of that period has become a blur: "I honestly cannot remember a lot of that time with Bambi and feel like I've completely blurred it from my memory and tried to forget in a sad way. I was so out of my depth. I felt like I didn't have a clue what I was doing."
Emotional Impact of First-Time Motherhood
Reflecting on the transition from having no children to becoming a mother, Molly-Mae explained: "Going from zero to one was really, really challenging. My brain couldn't comprehend that I'd just gone from being like the most selfish person with only myself to worry about for 23 years to suddenly my life, at the time, kind of felt like it had ended." She added: "I was like mourning my old life and I was grieving this version of myself that I knew I was never, ever going to get back."
The former Love Island star recalled a vivid memory of watching her sister Zoe leave after helping with baby Bambi, while she remained at home struggling to adjust. "The envy and the jealousy that I had of her being able to come and enjoy Bambi, but then she could go back to her old independent selfish life. And I was sat here with this newborn baby at 23 thinking my life was kind of over. That's genuinely how I remember that the first time around."
Adaptation and Future Family Plans
Now, after more than three years of motherhood, Molly-Mae said she has made the difficult adjustment: "I've spent three-and-a-half years adapting to this new lifestyle, adapting to being a mum, processing that I now forever will not be first priority." She also revealed that she is "99.9 per cent sure" she and Tommy will not expand their family further. "I just feel like I'm ready to stop at two. So, the fact that we were blessed with a boy and we have a son. We couldn't be luckier and I couldn't be happier."
Inspiration Behind Son's Name
Elsewhere in the video, Molly-Mae addressed speculation about her newborn son's unusual name. Contrary to popular belief that Midas was inspired by the Greek king from mythology, she explained the inspiration came from the 2011 Hugh Jackman film Real Steel. She said she and Tommy had chosen the name years ago: "We have named our son Midas. His middle name is Thomas and his surname is Fury. So he's Midas Thomas Fury. We had this name for a boy for quite a few years."
