Shruti Haasan, who turned 40, shared her desire to experience motherhood and was even open to adoption due to early concerns about PCOS.
Actor Shruti Haasan, who turned 40 this January, would like to experience motherhood someday. Getting candid about how, at the age of just 14, she was told it might be difficult for her to conceive due to her PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), the actor mentioned that she was even ready to adopt. All this until she found a supportive gynaecologist, Dr Dhrupti Dedhia, who told her otherwise.
Shruti Haasan on motherhood and PCOS
On Soha Ali Khan’s podcast, Shruti stated that Cameron Diaz’s having her third child at 53 gave her hope about experiencing motherhood someday. “I’ve been told throughout that PCOS and childbirth, like conception, is like forget about it. Since I was fourteen, it’s going to be difficult, amma. But she (Dr Dhrupti) really broke it down to why it’s not. She just opened my mind. It was about saying, in a really beautiful way, if that’s what you want, when you’re ready, we’ll figure it out. Now you see that Cameron Diaz had a baby at 53. I’m so glad that my doctor speaks to me that way,” she said.
About PCOS and pregnancy
Dr Richika Sahay Shukla, an infertility and IVF specialist, recently told HT Lifestyle that yes, PCOS can make it harder to conceive, but that it’s not impossible. “In a normal month, one follicle grows, matures and releases an egg. In PCOS, many follicles start growing, but none take the lead,” she explained. A woman with a regular 28-day cycle gets roughly twelve or thirteen chances a year. A woman whose cycle lasts 60 or 90 days may get 4 or 5.
- Medical Support: Her gynaecologist, Dr Dhrupti Dedhia, reassured her that conception is possible, giving her hope and confidence to plan for the future.
- PCOS Insights: Experts explain that while PCOS can reduce ovulation frequency, it does not make pregnancy impossible; women may have fewer chances per year but conception is achievable.