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The Diet That’s ‘curing’ the UAE’s Infertile Women

that I could have the baby “I did not want to trust

P “In 2013, we moved to that was increasingly turn- only her judgment, so
C Dubai from India and ing into an obsession. I we saw another doctor in

O decided to leave our bach- watched my friends and Dubai, who recommended
S elor lifestyles behind and relatives get pregnant, or I stop the Metformin, and
start a family. Luckily, I would see other women we tried a cycle of the fer-

A conceived soon after we walking down the street tility drug Clomid instead,
W decided. But in the third with their round baby which is used to try to

A month I lost the baby. I bumps, and it felt as if it induce ovulation. It didn’t
R had no idea what went was only me who could work, and this was when I

E wrong… not have a baby. really started to lose hope.
N
E “We started trying to con- “Initially I kept my pain “I had almost completely

S ceive again but for three pent up as I didn’t want given up on the idea of
S long years we had no to show the fragile and falling pregnant natu-
luck. Every month that needy side of me to any- rally and was researching

2 it didn’t happen dragged one. But later I just could IVF procedures when I
0 my spirits down. I looked not contain it any more. It stumbled up on a video on

2 everywhere and anywhere was too late by then, my YouTube.
0 for tips on getting preg- desperation to get preg-
nant – from observing my nant overwhelmed people “It was a nutritionist, Dr

body, to more unconven- around me and nobody Marilyn Glenville, lectur-
tional methods like astrol- seemed able to help. ing other professionals on
ogy and even tarot at one how to administer a PCOS

point. Nothing seemed to “I saw a family doctor turn-around diet for their
work. back in India and she clients.

declared I had PCOS. She
“The never-ending cycle instantly put me on the “I listened to the entire
of hope and disappoint- diabetes medication Met- two-hour lecture and all

ment made me miserable. formin, which is used to she said made a lot of
I was not happy with my- control blood sugar levels sense. I was not extremely

self any more, constantly and can sometimes help overweight but in recent
looking for what I might with the insulin resistance years I had gained a cou-
have done wrong to de- that is associated with ple of extra Kilograms and

serve this bad luck and PCOS. it was becoming very hard
wanting to put it right so to get rid of it. Dr Marilyn

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