Gwyneth Paltrow admits suffering postpartum depression

Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she battled postpartum depression after welcoming her second child, son Moses, in 2006.

"I didn’t know I had it until after it was over," the actress, 35, tells the May issue of Vogue. "I just didn’t know what was wrong with me."

The 'Shakespeare in Love' star suspects her depression stemmed from scaling back on her usual pre-baby treatments like acupuncture.

"I felt really out of my body," Gwyneth says after giving birth. "I felt really disconnected. I felt really down ... I felt pessimistic."

Paltrow -- who put her career on hold to focus on being a full-time mom, and returns returns to the big screen in May's Iron Man -- has found a way to fit in both parenthood and her duty as a Hollywood star.

"She didn't set out to be a movie star — she set out to be a wonderful actress," Paltrow's mother, Blythe Danner, recently said.

"But motherhood is very important to her, as it was to me, and I think she's finding balance."