Stephanie Coker Opens Up About Suicide Contemplation After Failed IVF Attempt
Coker highlighted the severe and life-threatening challenges she faced due to her PCOS diagnosis. She recounted, “I didn’t have a period for a whole year. I didn’t bleed. PCOS made me choose IVF. Mine was very severe and my doctors told me that it was life-threatening. I even ended up in a wheelchair and I was vomiting blood.”
Stephanie Coker shared how she successfully conceived her first child, Ariella, through IVF, but her subsequent attempt to conceive a second child via the same method unfortunately failed. Speaking with Jideonwo, she admitted to feeling deeply dejected after the failed IVF attempt, even contemplating 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,’” she revealed.
Stephanie Coker is a well-known advocate for PCOS awareness and has also released a film titled “Where The Heck is My Period?”, a documentary that chronicles the daily lives of Nigerian women living with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. The documentary features interviews with gynecologists, religious leaders, public figures, and native African doctors, aiming to shed light on the struggles and challenges faced by women with PCOS.
