Unable to conceive does not make you less of a woman

SHAH ALAM - For almost 10 years, entrepreneur Hazwani Mohd felt incomplete as she struggled with infertility issues due to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).

However, she knew she has to accept the reality that she may not conceive.

“For a long time, I did feel like I was incomplete.

“At one point, I just felt tired feeling bad about it.

"I feel like it was not fair for me to carry the guilt," she said during Sinar Daily Relatable live show held today.

Hazwani said one day she woke up and thought that she needs to go ahead with life and be kinder to herself.

She added she felt she needed to feel complete regardless of the fact that may not conceive a child.

She also explained doing so makes things a lot better for her to cope with the struggles she faced with infertility issues.

She was one of the participants at Relatable: The Struggles of Conceiving show going live at Kompleks Karangkraf,

here. Other panelists wereIn vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment specialist, Kim Raymond and Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Dr Natasha Ain Mohd Noor, who spoke on causes of infertility, the social stigma surrounding infertility and how it is perceived as a women’s problem.

The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of women of reproductive age in Malaysia has declined to 1.7 newborns in 2020 from 1.8 in 2019, according to the Vital Statistics, Malaysia