Brooke Shields recalls suicidal thoughts after pregnancy: 'The baby would be better off without me'

Brooke Shields' bout with post-partum depression was far more serious than she ever let on.

While accepting an award Monday at the Hope for Depression Research Foundation in Manhattan, the actress revealed that her well-publicized struggles with the disease had her contemplating suicide, reports People.com.

Shields admitted that after she stopped taking medication for her condition, she almost drove her car into a wall while driving on the highway - with her baby daughter in the backseat.

Shields, 44, told the audience she felt like she "should not exist" after the birth of Rowan, now 6, in 2003.

By Robert Dominguez

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