At the time of her wedding, Rhea was deeply in love and looking forward to starting a family with her husband. During her honeymoon however, she became extremely ill, and this was to be the beginning of a 2 year journey toward finding an answer for her daily pain - something that doctors routinely dismissed as simply 'depression, anxiety, or bad period pain.'
Eventually, Rhea discovered she had endometriosis, an incurable condition affecting 1 in 10 women. After struggling to regain her health post-surgery, and battling through painful and expensive fertility treatments in the hopes of conceiving a child, Rhea finally fell pregnant in 2017. However, at just 6 weeks, she developed an ovarian torsion - an agonising condition that causes the ovary to twist around on itself and cut off circulation to the Fallopian tubes.
Rhea was given 2 weeks to see what her body would do, before having to decide between her health and ending the pregnancy she had wanted for so long.
This is Rhea's story of living with endometriosis, fighting to keep her miracle baby, and how she now uses her voice and experience to give hope to other Endo sufferers.
You can follow Rhea's journey on Instagram - @fightingendo
