The Heroes alum, 36, and her ex-fiancé, Wladimir Klitschko, welcomed Kaya on December 9, 2014.
“He is just so over the moon,” she said of her then-fiancé in an interview with People. “I’m lucky if I can get my hands on the kid. He’s like, ‘No, no, I got her.’ Which is exactly what I thought he would be like.”
The following year, she confirmed she struggled with postpartum depression.
“It’s something a lot of women experience. When [you’re told] about postpartum depression, you think it’s ‘I feel negative feelings towards my child, I want to injure or hurt my child.’ I’ve never, ever had those feelings,” she explained during an appearance on Live with Kelly and Michael in September 2015.
Panettiere added, “Some women do. But you don’t realize how broad of a spectrum you can really experience that on. It’s something that needs to be talked about. Women need to know that they’re not alone, and that it does heal.”