PCOS and postnatal depression with Saira

Waiting for you

English - April 12, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB
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In this episode Saira shares her experience of PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome), how it affected her fertility and the treatment she received to help her have her first daughter.
In her pregnancy Saira struggled with back and hip pain and also had kidney stones at 32 weeks.

Saira suffered postnatal depression after her daughter was born and sought help at 10 months post partum. She shares with us the denial she went through that she wasn't well, and then all the things she put in place to help her get better.

Saira became unexpectedly pregnant with her second daughter and was able to remain well during this pregnancy and postnatally.

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