Nollywood producer and television personality, Stephanie Coker, has shared her harrowing experience with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and the impact it had on her mental health.
In a heartfelt conversation with Chude Jideonwo, Coker revealed that she conceived her first child, Ariella, through IVF. However, her attempt to conceive a second child via the same method was unsuccessful.
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She described her PCOS diagnosis as “life-threatening,” highlighting that it left her confined to a wheelchair, vomiting blood, and without a menstrual period for a year. The filmmaker expressed her deep despair after her second IVF attempt failed, admitting that she once considered stepping in front of a moving car.
“I got pregnant and had my first child on the first IVF but the second one failed, and I actually wanted to stand in front of a car and let the car hit me. My daughter wants a sibling. I’m not getting back on that flight with no baby. I called my friend and told her, ‘I don’t think the child liked me. It didn’t stay,’” Coker said.
