“Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all the wonderful well wishes and overwhelming kindness.

“We will be watching her first debate as a family together tonight!”

“But I feel really raw and vulnerable sharing it.

Meghan McCain smiling

I just wanted to offer something that would hopefully make women, in particular, feel less alone.”

“I wanted [my husband] Ben to hire armed guards outside our house,” she toldPeople.

She also was afraid to take Liberty for a simple walk around the block.

Meghan McCain smiling

Granted, McCain’s pregnancy was not an easy one.

Thankfully, an astute pediatrician who saw what was happening gave McCain some advice.

That’s when she got the help she needed to enjoy parenthood the way any new mother should.

Meghan McCain