The Rhode founder secretly battled premenstrual dysphoric disorder after giving birth to baby Jack.
The Rhode founder is pledging $5 million toward women’s health research inspired by her own tumultuous postpartum journey. The cause hits close to home for Hailey, who revealed she secretly struggled with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, after giving birth to Jack Blues in August 2024. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, PMDD is “a much more severe form of premenstrual syndrome,” or PMS.
The condition affects 1.6 percent of women and girls globally, according to research by the University of Oxford. I have lots of friends that struggle with it, with endometriosis, with a lot of different, very specific women’s health issues,” she explained.
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