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Meghan Trainor Felt ‘Shame’ Taking Antidepressants Pregnant

Meghan Trainor is reflecting on a “huge” chapter that took place while pregnant with her first child. Trainor, 29, explained in a recent appearance on Today with Hoda & Jenna…

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Meghan Trainor attends the 2020 Christian Cowan x Powerpuff Girls Runway Show on March 08, 2020 in Hollywood, California.

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Meghan Trainor is reflecting on a "huge" chapter that took place while pregnant with her first child. Trainor, 29, explained in a recent appearance on Today with Hoda & Jenna how staying on antidepressants while pregnant was a "big debate."

The "Made You Look" singer, who is expecting her second child with husband Daryl Sabara, recalled feeling "so much shame" after her son Riley was born. At the time of his birth, nurses implied that he came out "sleepy" because she was taking antidepressants during the pregnancy.

"It was a big debate. Do I stay on my antidepressants or not? It was very safe," Trainor told the hosts. She added that all of her doctors approved it, besides her first OBGYN. He told her, "'Oh, you can throw those candies away,'" Trainor recalled. "I was like, devastated."

When Riley "came out asleep," Trainor panicked. She told the staff, "'Wake him up, like what do you mean?' Some people were like, 'Oh, it's because you were on your antidepressants.'" The singer-songwriter then called her doctors to hold them responsible for their medication clearance. She said, "'You said nothing would happen!' And they said there's no science that backs that up, they're just pointing fingers."

Once she realized this, Meghan recalls feeling "so much shame" on top of her "crazy surgery" and being on "all these drugs" to give birth. She added, "I feel miserable, and to get pointed at to say it's your fault that your kid's asleep." However, the doctor who performed her C-section told her how the procedure is "gnarly" and that Riley experienced trauma coming out. To ease her conscience, he assured her that it happens all the time. "'It's unpredictable and you did nothing wrong,'" he told Trainor.

While appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show Tuesday (April 25) with her husband, Trainor revealed via her adorable son that her second baby would be a boy.

TikTok’s Top 10 Most Viewed Artists of 2022

In 2022, TikTok gave us viral sensations Tariq, aka the "It’s corn!" kid, and learning choreography to dances like Lizzo's "About Damn Time." In fact, so many people loved dancing to Lizzo's song that she became the number one most-viewed artist of 2022.

According to TikTok's Year on TikTok: 2022, the singer with 26 million followers has the most total video views on the platform. "About Damn Time" was the app’s number four top-trending song, and Lizzo’s TikTok video in which she demonstrates the dance for the hit song came in at seventh place on the trending-videos ranking, according to the company.

The number one trending song in the U.S. was “Sunroof” by Nicky Youre and Dazy, with TikTok users making some 8.9 million videos featuring the track. The number one most trending U.S. video was a construction of an 8.3-foot-tall chocolate giraffe. The most popular tutorial video was a woman teaching her daughter to get her deaf dad's attention. Drew Barrymore and Lupita Nyong’o were among the top 10 U.S. “breakthrough” creators on TikTok, registering among the creators with the biggest growth on the platform for the year. "Jiggle Jiggle" was the number one trending sound on the platform, the rap created more than two decades ago by documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux. The audio gained a new life after it was remixed by DJ duo Duke & Jones and became a popular dance on TikTok.

Take a look at the TikTok artists with the most video views throughout 2022 below:

10. Meghan Trainor

9. Billie Eilish

8. Yung Gravy

7. Nessa Barrett

6. Selena Gomez

5. Doja Cat

4. Charlie Puth

3. Bad Bunny

2. Bella Poarch

1. Lizzo

Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.