I’m really happy to speak to Seetal Savla, a fertility patient advocate, writer and speaker on today’s episode of Period Story podcast.

In this episode, Seetal shares:

• Why she still struggles when her period arrives each menstrual month
• Her work around challenging fertility, menstrual and menopause stigma in the South Asian community
• A few sentences to relay when dealing with overly inquisitive family and friends
• What it feels like to be on the other side of her fertility journey and why she dislikes the term ‘success story’
• How a South Asian therapist helped unpack the cultural challenges she was facing around her fertility journey
• Why her and her husband decided to give away their embryos after six years of TTC
• And of course, the story of her first period

Seetal says this is her purpose and she is in a privileged position where she can share her experiences of infertility, pregnancy loss and pregnancy after loss to help other people and hopefully be a part of the change we need to see going forward.

Thank you, Seetal!

Get in touch with Seetal:

Instagram

LinkedIn

Additional resources to explore:

HFEA: 'Fear is what holds many South Asians back from being honest about their fertility journeys'

Women's Health UK: 'I'm pregnant after multiple losses - and it's a mental and emotional battle'

Metro UK: Where are all the South Asian egg donors?

HuffPost UK: When you're a woman of colour, infertility comes with extra stigma

Stylist: '6 lessons I've learned about surviving - and thriving - after pregnancy loss'

Tommy's: Intergenerational experiences of miscarriage

So We've Been Told podcast

Netflix documentary: Period. End of Sentence (explores the stigma around periods in rural India).

A transcript is available on www.periodstorypod.com

Get in touch:

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Email

periodstorypod@gmail.com

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