Motherhood is something Shruti Haasan sees as a possibility for her future, but the actor’s thoughts around it have been shaped by years of uncertainty surrounding PCOS. Now 40, she has opened up about being told as a teenager that conceiving could be difficult and how one supportive doctor changed the way she looked at it.
Shruti Haasan talks about motherhood amid PCOS struggle
Speaking on Soha Ali Khan’s recent podcast, Shruti recalled being just 14 when she was first told that PCOS could make conception challenging. For years, she carried the idea that becoming a biological mother might not be possible for her.
Shruti credited her gynaecologist, Dr Dhrupti Dedhia, with helping her see the situation differently. Rather than presenting motherhood as something she should rule out, the doctor encouraged her to consider it as a possibility whenever she felt ready.
“I’ve been told throughout that PCOS and childbirth, like conception, is like forget about it. Since I was fourteen, it’s going to be difficult, amma. But she (Dr Dhrupti) really broke it down to why it’s not. She just opened my mind. It was about saying, in a really beautiful way, if that’s what you want, when you’re ready, we’ll figure it out. Now you see that Cameron Diaz had a baby at 53. I’m so glad that my doctor speaks to me that way,” she said.
The actor also revealed that adoption has always been something she would consider. While she would love to become a mother, she also hopes to explore the possibility of having a biological child.
“I even told her that I am even open to adopt. I would really love to just be a mum. But I would also like to try it definitely as an extension of myself, in some biological way. And that conversation was really eye-opening to me. Because I just thought that if I ask her, she’ll be like, beta, dukaan bandh hogaya (child, the shop has shut down). You know?” said the actor.