Ivanka tells of postpartum ills

FIRST DAUGHTER Ivanka Trump revealed her struggles with postpartum depression during an appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show” Thursday.

The senior adviser to the President Trump said that she lived through it after the births of each of her children: Arabella, 6; Joseph, 3; and Theodore, 1.

“With each of my three children, I had some level of postpartum depression,” Trump told Dr. Mehmet Oz. “It was a very challenging, emotional time for me because I felt like I was not living up to my potential as a parent or as an entrepreneur and executive. I had had such easy pregnancies that in some way, the juxtaposition hit me even harder.”

Depression affects about one in nine women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Trump said that she’s speaking out now because her decisions “weigh much heavier” and are “impacting people’s lives.” She said that for her, meditation has helped alleviate her symptoms and “recharges” her.

“It’s been enormously helpful to me,” she said.