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Shruti Haasan prayed 'a thousand times' that men get periods: Actor opens up about PCOS & her dream of becoming a mother despite being told at a young age to 'forget about it'

Actor Shruti Haasan has opened up about her long experience with painful periods, her PCOS diagnosis and the fears around motherhood that she carried from her teenage years. Speaking to Soha Ali Khan on the podcast All About Her, Shruti discussed menstrual health, fertility, egg freezing and her hopes of becoming a mother.

The actor also spoke about the lack of understanding around period pain and said she once wished men could experience menstruation so they could better understand what women go through.

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