Anna Friel was almost left infertile by a medical condition.Byline: ANI Washington, July 20 (ANI): English actress Anna Friel thanks her doctors for helping her give birth to her daughter Gracie, for a medical condition had almost left her infertile in·fer·tile adj. Not capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction. infertile, adj unable to produce offspring. . In 2001, Friel collapsed in agony and needed an emergency operation after suffering a burst ovarian cyst ovarian cyst n. A cystic tumor of the ovary, which is usually benign. Ovarian cyst A benign or malignant growth on an ovary. . Doctors operating on her at the time had found that she also had endometriosis endometriosis (ĕn'dəmē'trē-ō`sĭs), a condition in which small pieces of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) migrate to other places in the pelvic area. , which makes it difficult for women to conceive. "It was all very dramatic and frightening. A terrible shock. I lost two litres of blood and had to have two transfusions," Contactmusic quoted her as saying. "The doctors saved my ovaries Ovaries The female sex organs that make eggs and female hormones. Mentioned in: Choriocarcinoma ovaries (ō´v but they said that to stand a chance of having children I had to conceive within five years, before I was 30," she added. The 'Pushing Daisies' star gave birth to Gracie in 2005, aged 28. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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