105 - Living with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency and starting a family

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast · Jun 29, 2021 · 31m

Emily Fisher had always known her mother experienced an early menopause and was wary the same could happen to her. When she went to the doctors with her concerns, she was merely given the advice to 'have children young', but she wasn't ready to take this step in her early 20s and decided to look into her fertility options. Investigations did indeed confirm her fears and with the help of a fertility specialist with an interest in POI, she was able to become pregnant. After having twins, Emily suffered with multiple symptoms that could have been explained away as related to post-pregnancy…