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'I was so angry': Libby Trickett's battle with post-natal depression
'I was so angry': Libby Trickett's battle with post-natal depression
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Trigger Warning: This article discusses pregnancy loss.

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Libby Trickett may be best known as an Olympic swimming legend who won Australia four gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games, but out of the pool she is also nailing it at motherhood.

The 40-year-old and her husband Luke share four adorable children together: Poppy, nine, Edwina, six, Bronte, five, Alfred, one, and have just welcomed baby Archie!

โ€œHeโ€™s here. Archie Wilson Lightning Trickett arrived at 7.51am on the 3rd of April via an elective caesarean birth, weighing 3.99kg and 53cm long.

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โ€œThe shape of our family is complete. (Definitely promise itโ€™s for reals this time! Iโ€™m really *almost* certain this time.. though Iโ€™ve come to realise that I probably would have babies forever, I know that Iโ€™ve pushed my body to its absolute limits with this one)โ€ the former Olympian continued.

โ€œEvery birth Iโ€™ve had has been extraordinary and this one was no different. Calm, full of joy and laughter, I couldnโ€™t have asked for a better way to meet our baby boy.

โ€œArchie is already getting suitably smothered by his 3 big sisters and big brother. We have all been struck with love โšก๏ธ

โ€œJust as a fun fact: we didnโ€™t find out the sex of the baby for any of our pregnancies, and I literally guessed the gender of every single one of my children, wrong. I didnโ€™t predict a single one and I feel so lucky because I couldnโ€™t have wished for more,โ€ the post finished.โ€

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Despite sharing a heartwarming and impenetrable bond with her kids, Libby has always been refreshingly candid about her struggles with postnatal depression and everyday mum guilt.

โ€œI donโ€™t think anything can prepare you for the rollercoaster ride of parenthood,โ€ she told Body And Soul in 2020. โ€œItโ€™s true what they say, in that, โ€˜This, too, shall passโ€™, but it can be a brutal journey along the way.

Thankfully, the swimming icon has recovered and her kids are thriving. So to celebrate Libbyโ€™s relatable, raw and honest motherhood journey, weโ€™ve compiled the sweetest moments sheโ€™s shared with her children.

Libby and her husband welcome baby Archie to their family!

Libby announced she was pregnant with baby number five in November 2024!

โ€œLuke and I are absolutely thrilled (and ever so slightly terrified) to announce that we will be welcoming Baby Trickett 5.0 into the world in April!!,โ€ she shared on Instagram.

โ€œPoppy is already excited for another baby, Eddie thinks it will be a little boy and Bronte thinks it will be a little girl and Alfie keeps pointing to my tummy and saying โ€œbabyโ€ but really has no idea whatโ€™s heโ€™s in for ๐Ÿ˜‚โ€

What a gorgeous group!

โ€œOur family isnโ€™t perfect but we work everyday to be better. Iโ€™m grateful for my tribe who have certainly made me a better human (even if they donโ€™t always listen to my love language needs,โ€ she captioned this Motherโ€™s Day snap.

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โ€œThereโ€™s lots of emotions that go on in every family and in everyday life, and I think for me itโ€™s just being on top of it.โ€

Libby and her husband Luke didnโ€™t find out the genders of any of their daughters prior to their births.

โ€œThe pregnancy with Bronte was so different to both of my pregnancies with Poppy and Edwina. It was so bizarre, she came out and she was another girl,โ€ she told Seven News in 2020.

โ€œItโ€™s funny, because I just knew she was a boy, but then she came out and I was like, โ€˜of course she isโ€™. It was a sense of completion for our family, and it was actually a beautiful moment.โ€

โ€œIt has definitely made me more resilient as a mother, and more patient with myself, and certainly more kind with myself โ€“ because the first few days, weeks, and months with a new little one is just so intense and full-on and full of sleep deprivation,โ€ Libby previously said of her postnatal depression.

Libby has been open and honest about her battle with postnatal depression. โ€œEspecially for me, knowing that Iโ€™ve had a history of postnatal depression, and itโ€™s certainly something we are acutely aware of,โ€ she told News Corp in 2020.

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Despite being a supermum, Libby often keeps it real on Instagram with very relatable parenting moments.

โ€œToday, I wanted to put everyone in the bin. Could it be hormones? Could it be the tantrums upon tantrums? Could it be the fact that my house just smells like poo all the time (does anyone else have those days of a poo smell constantly lingering?!) Is Mercury in retrograde?!โ€ she wrote.

Bedtime snuggles are a regular occurrence in the Trickett household!

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To mark Edwinaโ€™s fourth birthday in February 2022, Libby shared this adorable snap of her three girls.

โ€œHappy birthday to our glorious weirdo. Our loose unit. Our hilarious climber, who is kind and thoughtful and running full pelt into life,โ€ she penned.

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For Poppyโ€™s sixth birthday in August 2021, Libby shared a heartwarming tribute to her firstborn.

โ€œItโ€™s hard to put into words what this last six years has been like. I never could have dreamed of the love and the pride I feel with my girls. But itโ€™s been a huge journey here. Not one that happened overnight or even in an instant,โ€ she penned.

โ€œOur love is a slow burn and Iโ€™m still discovering the depths of my heart (and patience). Iโ€™m proud of her and Iโ€™m proud of me.โ€

The champion swimmer has previously said she had an โ€œinterestingโ€ birth with Bronte, two. โ€œI had a surprise C-section which wasnโ€™t anticipated or on my plan, but Iโ€™ve been really lucky with the recovery,โ€ she revealed in 2020.

Libby shared this sweet snap of herself, Luke and their eldest Poppy on her first day of primary school in January 2021.

โ€œAnd so begins the next stage of the parenting adventure. So much of parenting is repetitive and monotonous,โ€ she wrote.

โ€œBut then there are moments like this. Big moments. Moments where you know the next stage has begun. When Poppy was born, this seemed like a world away but here we are on her first day of school.

โ€œShe has been so strong and excited that I didnโ€™t think Iโ€™d get too emotional but walking home, all of my pride in her just exploded out of my eyeballs.โ€

Like mother like daughter! Little Bronte looked over the moon during a swimming lesson with her mother.

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