Seetal Savla: This Is My Purpose

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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:

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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).