Breaking the Taboo Around Pregnancy Loss with Chelsea Leyland
On Health
Aviva Romm
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Trigger Warning: This episode contains sensitive topics related to pregnancy loss and fertility challenges. Listener discretion is advised.
In this deeply personal and powerful episode of "On Health," I sit down with Chelsea Leyland, a globetrotting DJ, mother, epilepsy and endometriosis activist, documentary filmmaker, and menstrual health entrepreneur. Chelsea shares her journey through endometriosis, pregnancy loss, and becoming a mother and the importance of breaking the silence around these common issues so we can get the support we need - and so we can support each other with compassion and understanding.
We dive deep into Chelsea’s…
- Long struggle with endometriosis – and her path to finally receiving a correct diagnosis.
- Challenges finding effective treatments - and what finally helped relieve both seizure and endometriosis symptoms.
- Pregnancy losses and the importance of open dialogue rather than taboo and silence.
- Emotional journey following her miscarriages, the steps she took to honor her losses, and how she found the courage to try again.
- Decision to speak publicly about her experiences with endometriosis and pregnancy loss and why she believes it's crucial to reduce stigma.Heartfelt words of wisdom for women currently grieving a pregnancy loss or struggling with infertility.
- Daily wellness routines that are essential for managing her chronic conditions while also balancing motherhood - and how she deals with ‘s#it days.’
- The power of community and shared experiences in healing and empowerment.
- Chelsea's advice to her younger self and thoughts on resilience and hope.
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| 0:00.0 | From the stuff your mother never told you to the stuff your doctor never |
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| 0:19.9 | mental health join me for taboo busting conversations that demystify and |
| 0:24.8 | destigmatize our bodies, all while bridging the gap between conventional |
| 0:28.5 | medicine and wellness. Along the way, we'll be exploring the science and |
| 0:32.4 | wisdom of how our bodies work |
| 0:34.0 | What makes us well what gets in the way and how we can live our best lives on our terms |
| 0:39.8 | When it comes to women's health and well-being, there's nothing we won't talk about. |
| 0:44.0 | The new medicine for women is here. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Dr. Aviva Rame. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to the podcast. Hello listeners this is Aviva Ram in this episode breaking taboos around pregnancy loss |
| 1:02.3 | my guest Chelsea Lealind and I delve |
| 1:05.2 | into sensitive topics including pregnancy loss and infertility. In some |
| 1:10.4 | explicit detail, our intention is to bring women's silent suffering out of the shadows and into the light, |
| 1:16.3 | sharing this content in the spirit of healing and compassion. However, I understand that these topics can be |
| 1:22.1 | deeply triggering for some, so please be mindful of your |
| 1:25.1 | own well-being and proceed if it's best for you around these difficult topics to listen. |
| 1:30.6 | I hope you find this episode supportive and healing if you do listen and I look |
| 1:34.7 | forward to sharing this episode with you. Chelsea you are a globe trotting |
| 1:40.8 | DJ which I am so all about the music. |
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