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Momé July 2026 cover — Hayden Panettiere laughing in a cobalt-blue top, beneath the headline 'Hayden Panettiere: Never Stopped Choosing Her Daughter.'

Hayden Panettiere Never Stopped Choosing Her Daughter

Photography by Storm Santos

Photography by Storm Santos

The actress on the near-death birth, the postpartum depression that went unnamed, the impossible sacrifice she made for her daughter — and why she needs you to know you're not alone.

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I had this beautiful baby girl, but she seemed like someone else's baby… I felt nothing.
— Hayden Panettiere

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