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Ash Pollard breaks down as she speaks about polycystic ovaries diagnosis

"It's really painful!"
  • 25 Feb 2020

Former My Kitchen Rules star Ash Pollard made the difficult decision to open up about being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome after she decided to check if her "reproductive system was A-OK".

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On Monday morning’s show, the Central Coast’s Hit101.3 breakfast announcer made an emotional confession on air.

After feeling like something wasn’t right, she went searching for answers form doctors who finally led her to the shock diagnosis.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects 1 in 10 women, but is rarely spoke about, so it was refreshing for listeners to hear Ash open up about it on air - detailing about her struggles, especially the difficulties it may pose for having children.

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"I have been on the pill my entire life ... I went off the the pill to get tests done and it turns out everything wasn't alright," the 34-year-old said.

She said she was getting adult acne, having mood swings and really bad cramps and said she felt "off". 

"It's really painful," she said. "There are difficulties getting pregnant. My doctor advised me to go back on the pill."

She said she might have to do IVF but she also might fall pregnant naturally too.

"Being 34 I have been committed to my career but it does make me a bit sad as ... [pregnancy] has always been in the back of my mind," she said.

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'tis I. The most horribly lazy Instagrammer on the market. I reappear bearing GREAT news... here I sit, in between takes for a project that'll be coming to your telly screens in actual months. Maybe as little as 1.5 or 2 even?! Woo! Side note: I don't post as much cos I feel old and haggard. I can't get used to waking up at 4am for radio and my dermo is literally trying to do the work of god with peels and the like. Standby for freshness please. Here's hoping I'll resurrect myself soon! With love xx

Ash, who has been dating her boyfriend Pete Ferne, 35, since 2017, admitted she now feels forced to choose between her career or having a baby. 

"All I want to do is keep going leaps and bounds in my career but now I'm like, what do I do? Do I think about my career or do I think about having a kid?" she added.

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