Fiona Button on ADHD, health anxiety, and postnatal depression

Happy Mum Happy Baby

Giovanna Fletcher

Kids & Family

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Giovanna’s guest this week is the brilliant Fiona Button!

Fiona stars as Rose in one of Gi’s favourite shows, The Split, but off screen she has an even bigger role to play as mum to 7-year-old Fordy.

Fiona opens up about her experience with health anxiety, how it impacted her pregnancy and postpartum, as well as the unique qualities of being a parent with ADHD.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Happy Mom, Happy Baby.
0:03.7	Every little thing became death.
0:08.7	You know, I would have a tiny headache and it would be a brain tumour or I couldn't sleep because I worry that she'd stop breathing.
0:16.6	And that wasn't my idea of what post-natated depression was because I thought that was apathy.
0:21.7	Did you talk to anyone close to you around that time
0:24.0	about how you were feeling?
0:26.2	Really?
0:26.9	No.
0:27.7	I'm so crossed with myself for not being more honest about my level.
0:33.1	Like, I was so scared.
0:35.3	What I thought was a good idea was having her in the show.
0:39.8	There's one scene where I have the baby and I was like, I'll have my real baby.
0:43.5	I've got one.
0:45.1	And it was a terrible idea.
0:47.4	Changing her nappy and she's just like looking into the camera.
0:50.3	And I'm like, and I'm worrying Like whether she's putting in a good performance
0:55.7	She's being good
0:58.4	She's good
0:58.5	She got it
0:59.5	Do we think she's got something
1:01.0	Are we there yet, Dad?
1:07.9	Uh, nearly
	...

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