In an interview with TVLine, Jennifer revealed that she learned she was pregnant as she was being told Maddie would be pregnant as well.
"I also ended up sort of being on my own postpartum journey as I was filming her postpartum episodes," she revealed. "It was actually very helpful. My postpartum was sort of rushed through because I had to give it all to Maddie. [Playing that character] gave me a place to put all the emotions. So, it helped me, in real life, push through it probably a lot faster than I would have. I was very grateful for that.”
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Maddie wasn't just struggling with depression, she was also diagnosed with postpartum thyroiditis, a "treatable condition in which a person’s thyroid becomes inflamed after they give birth," per TV Line. What Jennifer really respected about Maddie's birth storyline is the care put into figuring out what was going on with her.
"I’m sure there will be women out there watching who will think, ‘I’ve been feeling weird, maybe I need to go ask for that and look more into that.’ Or reach out to people and say, ‘I’m not feeling right,’ and they have to pay attention."
See Jennifer on all-new episodes of 9-1-1, airing on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.
