Whitney Cummings Finally ‘Out of the Woods’ from Postpartum Depression Nearly Two Years After Son’s Birth

Whitney Cummings just gave an update on her debilitating postpartum depression nearly 21 months after welcoming her first child, son Henry.

‘I am excited to be here now because I feel like I am out of the woods in the postpartum depression thing,’ the stand-up comedian – who turned 43 on Thursday – announced on TODAY with Jenna & Friends.

‘Before you have a kid, you are like, “Really? Like, is it supposed to be the happiest time of your life? Why are you depressed? Pick a lane!” When you Google it or go to doctors, they literally say, “We don’t know the cause of postpartum depression.”‘

Whitney wisecracked: ‘I am not a doctor. I have a couple of ideas what could have caused it. Could it be the fact you are going bald?

‘Your hairline moves back two inches, your gums start bleeding when you brush your teeth? My ankles fully look like a map of the New York subway.’

Cummings was promoting her Big Baby Tour, which she’s next scheduled to bring to The Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, CT this Friday.

‘I named this tour in mom-brain postpartum depression, and I recall nothing why I made the decision,’ the Good for You podcaster explained.

‘I was in a catatonic stupor and it made me laugh. No matter how big the baby is, it’s huge. I was like, “I am a big baby. Why can’t I walk anymore?”‘

One year ago, Whitney made her first postpartum TV appearance competing on CBS’ reboot of the game show Hollywood Squares, which helped ‘snap’ her out of the ‘deep throes of postpartum depression.’

‘It really helped me a lot,’ Cummings told producer-host Drew Barrymore on her talk show January 16.

‘I needed to see other moms, like working and having fun, and that was a big healing moment for me. I think I was just putting so much pressure on myself and that really helped me just like release it.’

The 5ft10in funnywoman said she was insecure about ‘my brain not working’ and she ‘was so scared’ of failing to get laughs.

‘I knew that even if I did suck, we’d make it funny and we’d figure it out,’ Whitney told Barrymore.

‘Then, I was safe enough to be able to just feel like, “You can do this, and if you can’t do this, that’s also fine.”‘

Cummings has not disclosed the identity of little Henry’s father, but she previously ended her engagement to former VICE Media exec Miles Skinner in 2020.

The Washington, DC native celebrated her birthday with cake and presents with her gal pal, Whitney Casey, where she was gifted Taylor Swift’s red lipstick (from Pat McGrath Labs).

Whitney then had a blast attending a football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philly where the Philadelphia Eagles beat her beloved Dallas Cowboys 24-20, but she got a birthday serenade from the resident cheerleaders.

‘Birthdays are embarrassing but I’m really trying here,’ Cummings – who boasts 6.5M social media followers – wrote on Instagram.

‘Sept 4 is also Beyonce’s birthday and for my birthday all I want is for her to have a good birthday.’