Pearl - October 09, 2026


“Mother Reveals the TERRIFYING Thoughts She Had About Her Baby” @JustPearlyThings

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Mary Jo Cody Kevin Jessica Montalto Amy DiStefano Nick Hears Ashamed Chris Luca
Female Misandry Is Completely NORMALIZED Online “She Ignored EVERY Red Flag Because He Promised to Be a Provider” @JustPearlyThings

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Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

147.59

Word count

497

Sentence count

42

Harmful content

Misogyny

12

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Toxicity

7

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Hate speech

10

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00:00:00.000 The intrusive thought came, smashed the glass on the side of the sink and cut the baby's throat. 0.77
00:00:05.900 I envisioned the bath water turning all red with blood.
00:00:09.120 Oh my God.
00:00:10.640 Former New Jersey First Lady Mary Jo Cody told a rapt audience at Monmouth Medical Center
00:00:15.900 a brutally frank story about her terrifying dark journey through. 1.00
00:00:20.320 Dads, you gotta grow a pair and get your kids away from these women.
00:00:24.160 Deep postpartum depression and thoughts of killing her baby son Kevin in 1985. 1.00
00:00:30.000 I went into the kitchen one night in January when my husband was out giving a speech and opened up the microwave to see if I could fit the baby inside.
00:00:37.880 She couldn't. Kevin survived and thrived, as did his brother Chris after Cody got proper treatment.
00:00:43.800 But postpartum depression imploded her world. It affects one in seven women nationwide.
00:00:49.800 And here at the new Center for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Cody's story made women in the treatment program weep in recognition.
00:00:58.020 Jessica Montalto of Brick considered suicide after having her son Luca.
00:01:02.580 Her family didn't understand.
00:01:04.540 And they're like, you're being overdramatic. 0.99
00:01:06.560 This is ridiculous. 0.99
00:01:07.640 You know, you're a mom now. 0.99
00:01:09.060 Like, get over it.
00:01:09.920 It took support groups and therapy for Montalto to cope. 1.00
00:01:13.440 Okay, so the women, this is how spoiled we are. 1.00
00:01:17.700 Women have to cope with our thoughts. 1.00
00:01:20.540 And we need support groups to cope with our murderous thoughts 1.00
00:01:24.160 instead of being thrown in mental institutions. 1.00
00:01:26.780 Women are such brats, just completely spoiled brats. 1.00
00:01:29.180 Nick Hears treated more than 500 patients. 1.00
00:01:32.180 Their kids played during today's official ribbon cutting.
00:01:34.760 A CDC survey shows about 9 to 10 percent of New Jersey women self-reported PPD symptoms in 2012 and 13.
00:01:42.840 Because they've waited five months, they've waited eight weeks, they've waited eight months to see if tomorrow would be better.
00:01:48.860 Would I feel better tomorrow? Would I not feel like this? Ashamed? Stigma?
00:01:53.240 New Jersey is one of only a few states that screens women for PPD before they leave the hospital. 0.99
00:01:59.020 Now we're going to move to taking good care of them afterwards.
00:02:02.600 And so that's why this program is developed. That's why this program is very successful.
00:02:07.960 But participants expressed concern about what impact changes in health care coverage could have,
00:02:13.380 particularly after the Obamacare rollback vote today in the House.
00:02:17.300 Amy DiStefano needed intensive counseling for depression after little Charlotte was born. 1.00
00:02:22.300 Yeah, women care about being popular, they don't care about kids. 1.00
00:02:25.300 Mental health is a necessity, definitely, but if it's, you know, between taking your 1.00
00:02:29.860 baby to the pediatrician or going to therapy, they're going to choose taking care of their
00:02:34.180 baby if it comes down to money.
00:02:35.900 While they're concerned about the status of health care coverage for postpartum depression,
00:02:40.540 the program director says they'll make sure that patients here get the counseling they
00:02:45.480 need regardless of their ability to pay.
00:02:49.060 In Long Branch, I'm Brenda Flanagan, NJTV News.
00:02:52.060 Thank you.