Peggy Tanous: Depression, Modeling, & RHOC

Peggy Tanous is a 41-year old former model and now stay-at-home mom is a mix between a holistic, new age woman and a wealthy Orange County party girl. Along with bonding with her new OC gal-pals, Peggy will shine a light about her struggles with postpartum depression. The mom-of-two opened up to Celebrity Baby Scoop about her daughters - London, 3 1/2, and Capri, 21 months - whom she would "love to do some modeling," how she beat PPD, and what to expect from her role on Housewives.

CBS: Tell us about your role on Real Housewives of Orange County. What can we expect from you on the show?

PT: "I'm a wife and stay-at-home mother of two, so I guess you can say I'm an actual housewife! Before my babies, I was a full time TV host, spokesperson and model. You can expect to see me this season with my family a lot and getting back into my work. You will also see Tamra and I becoming great friends."

CBS: You struggle with postpartum depression. Please tell us your experiences with PPD. How do you get through each day? What seems to help?

PT: "I had PPD really bad after I had my first daughter London, but didn't realize I had it and was in denial. Then my husband and his mother did an intervention. I started taking a natural supplement called SAMe that really helped. I knew I wanted two kids, but was afraid to have another one. We decided to try and figured it might take awhile. I got pregnant right away, but luckily was able to take the natural remedies throughout the pregnancy. I still had bad days, but when Capri was born it was a totally different feeling. I wasn't scared or fearful, rather happy and nurturing.

Talking about it helps and exercise also really helps. I try to take a lot of walks. I wanted to be open about my PPD on the show, as this show is centered mostly around drama and if I'm able to help people with what I dealt with I feel it makes it all worth it."

CBS: What are some of your favorite mommy memories?

PG: "Of course all the milestones are up there with favorites; like first crawl, step, word, etc. But I also love the snuggling into me, holding my hand or each other's hands while walking, telling me they love me, talking to me on the phone when I'm not home and really just everything. Right now Capri is starting to talk a lot, so it's so exciting hearing her multiple sentences and they way she says certain words."

CBS: Are you hoping your daughters will enter modeling like you did?

PT: "I would love my girls to do some modeling while they are young to have some fun and put some money away for a car, college and traveling. I saw the world all through modeling and met incredible people. But I only want them to do it if they want to. I would never push it on them. I want them to be normal kids and modeling can be a side gig. Time will tell."

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Peggy Tanous Breaks Down On Camera

New Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Peggy Tanous, born and raised in the O.C., broke down while revealing her battle with suicide on Sunday's episode.

"I've been in suffering from postpartum depression for the last three years," said Peggy, who has two toddlers. "I felt afraid and I didn't think that that would be a feeling a new mom would have."

Peggy disclosed that she became alarmed at her change in mood while pregnant with her youngest daughter Capri, saying, "I would think to myself, like, 'Should I just go push myself down the stairs 'cause I don't know if I could have another baby, 'cause I don't know if I could go through this again.'"

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Peggy's husband Micah and his mother held an intervention-type meeting with Peggy about a month after she gave birth to her oldest daughter, London. Following their meeting, Peggy's mother-in-law ordered some treatments for her that helped get Peggy back to normal, although she still struggles with the disorder.

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Peggy Tanous On Her Postpartum Depression

Just when you thought the Real Housewives of Orange County was only good for drama-fueled catfights, it's newest castmember, Peggy Tanous, is about to shed light on a very serious issue.

On this Sunday's episode, the former model reveals a three-year battle with postpartum depression that got so bad she contemplated suicide...

"I [felt] so lost and depressed and overwhelmed that I had a thought of going upstairs and grabbing the gun," Tanous exclusively told us when we chatted with her earlier today.

"There were days when I would wake up and I just didn't want to get out of bed...Thank god there were never thoughts of me wanting to harm my children...That was never, ever the case for me, thank god! But it was more just harming myself or running away. Like I had thoughts, I'm going to get the car today and just drive off and never come back."

The 41-year-old mama of two says through the help of holistic supplements, she was able to gain control of her depression.

"I'm in a much better place now," she says, "and feel almost pretty much back to normal. I have some bad day,s but for the most part I feel pretty much back to normal...It's an ongoing struggle."

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