{"id":334725,"date":"2026-05-14T20:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=334725"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:59:07","slug":"exclusive-rubina-dilaik-gets-candid-on-postpartum-depression-and-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/exclusive-rubina-dilaik-gets-candid-on-postpartum-depression-and-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Rubina Dilaik Gets Candid On Postpartum Depression And Motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TV actress Rubina Dilaik welcomed her twin babies with husband Abhinav Shukla in 2023. Speaking about her pregnancy journey and the emotional challenges that followed, the actress in an exclusive conversation with <strong>Bollywood Bubble<\/strong>,  opened up about battling postpartum struggles, self-doubt, and the importance of support during motherhood. Scroll all the way down to read more. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rubina-dilaik-opens-up-on-her-postpartum-journey\">Rubina Dilaik Opens Up On Her Postpartum Journey <\/h2>\n<p>Looking back at her pregnancy phase, Rubina Dilaik opened up about her postpartum experience. Speaking in regards to the difficulties she faced, she said, <em>\u201cAbsolutely, the postpartum is real. The hormones itself, they&#8217;re changing the way in which you&#8217;re feeling and think, which most of us are unaware of. Only a one that goes through it knows in regards to the changes happening contained in the body. Till February, I used to be extremely down, and I used to be combating my very own self-identity. November, December, January, and February were the hardest-hitting months of my postpartum phase. Even depression could be less in front of the postpartum.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DXtT77iE_ub\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rubina continued, <em>\u201cI\u2019ve undergone depression earlier, and now I\u2019ve undergone postpartum. Postpartum is an actual thing. It\u2019s nothing \u2018wokism\u2019 ki ab kuch karne ko nahi hai toh isliye you\u2019ll throw around postpartum like \u2018Oh I\u2019m not feeling myself, it\u2019s postpartum.\u2019 I\u2019m sorry. It is definitely there. And in the event you dismiss a girl saying yeh normally kuch nahi hota, yeh toh aapke dimag mein hai. Sorry, my friend, you\u2019re not an element of that journey then. I realize it because I\u2019ve just come out of it. I understand what life looks like whenever you\u2019re deep down within the darkest phase of your life. You don\u2019t prefer it. You don\u2019t even like yourself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rubina-dilaik-says-women-are-often-labelled-pagal-due-to-lack-of-care-and-support\" style=\"font-size:30px\">Rubina Dilaik Says Women Are Often Labelled \u2018Pagal\u2019 Due To Lack Of Care And Support  <\/h3>\n<p>Further talking about postpartum, she added, <em>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to step out and socialise. The hormones are at the bottom level. How do you handle yourself when, from inside, you simply don\u2019t need to get up within the morning? That\u2019s what postpartum is. And we\u2019re not educated on this sphere. How should we handle it, because we\u2019re not ever made aware of this example? Kisi ne nahi bola tha postpartum kya hota hai. Yeh toh humne suna. We\u2019ve heard \u2018Arey yeh toh aise hi depression mein rehti hai, kisi se baat waat nahi karti hai. Ya kuch zyada hi overreact kar deti hai. Maa banne ke baad toh pagal si hogayi hai.&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Emphasising, she said, <em>\u201cWoh pagal nahi huyi hai. That\u2019s nature\u2019s way of resetting her system. And, in the event you don\u2019t get enough support in that resetting phase, you will likely be labelled as \u2018pagal\u2019. You\u2019ll be labelled as \u2018oh, she\u2019s turn out to be an excessive amount of.\u2019 You\u2019ll be labelled as \u2018Yeh toh humesha hi udaas rehti hai, yeh humesha roti rehti hai.\u2019 Par woh aisa hota kyu hai uske saath? That\u2019s what postpartum is. And in the event you can\u2019t understand, it&#8217;s difficult for you to know. And if the others dismiss you, it becomes even harder to navigate that path for yourself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-her-personal-front\" style=\"font-size:30px\">About Her Personal Front<\/h3>\n<p>Rubina Dilaik married Abhinav Shukla in 2018 in an intimate Shimla wedding. After overcoming marital struggles in 2020, the couple welcomed twin daughters, Jeeva and Edhaa, in November 2023. Despite the challenges of raising twins, Rubina resumed work inside three months, with Abhinav stepping in to support parenting responsibilities.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-watch-the-full-interview-here\" style=\"font-size:30px\">Watch The Full Interview Here<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rubina Dilaik Opens Up on Postpartum Depression, Motherhood, Husband Support&amp; Her Show The Ward Room\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FqsgU3C0f40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"h-watch-the-full-interview-herefor-more-news-and-updates-from-the-entertainment-world-stay-tuned-to-bollywood-bubble\">For more news and updates from the entertainment world, stay tuned to\u00a0Bollywood Bubble.<\/p>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-wrap\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-tab\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-gravatar\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-desc\">\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Sonali Singh watches movies prefer it\u2019s a job (and truthfully, it type of is). Currently pursuing her Master\u2019s in Communication and Journalism, she lives somewhere between deadlines and movie scenes. If it\u2019s Bollywood, she\u2019s already invested\u2014movies, drama, and all of the gossip included. When she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s either dancing her heart out like nobody\u2019s watching or attempting to mimic people, proving that not all talents are supposed to be discovered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV actress Rubina Dilaik welcomed her twin babies with husband Abhinav Shukla in 2023. Speaking about her pregnancy journey and the emotional challenges that followed, the actress in an exclusive conversation with Bollywood Bubble, opened up about battling postpartum struggles, self-doubt, and the importance of support during motherhood. 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