{"id":845,"date":"2021-09-28T14:23:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T13:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/?post_type=menopauselibrary&#038;p=845"},"modified":"2023-11-08T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:13:44","slug":"110-finding-support-with-poi-in-the-digital-space-with-anita-elawure","status":"publish","type":"menopauselibrary","link":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/menopause-library\/110-finding-support-with-poi-in-the-digital-space-with-anita-elawure\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding support with POI in the digital space with Anita Elawure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"110 - Finding support with POI in the digital space with Anita Elawure\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=suyn6-10a4721-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;multiple_size=315&amp;square_size=300&amp;order=episodic&amp;filter=all&amp;limit=10&amp;season=all&amp;tag=all\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>In this inspiring episode, Dr Louise Newson talks to Anita Elawure, a women\u2019s health advocate, who shares her startingly honest experience of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency since she was a teenager. After many years of trying to ignore her situation, she began to look into what it really meant, for her fertility and the impact of living in a postmenopausal state for the rest of her life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anita decided to create a platform for her to share her experiences, in the hope that she and others wouldn&#8217;t feel so alone, and provide a safe place that offered support and learning from others going through POI. Eighteen months ago, Anita founded Blossom Living with POI and, as her page says, \u201cYou have me. I have you. Together we blossom.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anita\u2019s top 3 tips:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you\u2019re at the start of a journey with POI, find your support system. Get someone you can rely on emotionally, that can come to appointments with you or help you do research, because it\u2019s so important.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you know someone facing POI, be there for them, tell them you\u2019re here for them and ask what you can do to help.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes it might feel like you\u2019re going crazy. It\u2019s OK. You\u2019re not going crazy and your feelings are valid. Find ways to express yourself and take one day at a time. Advocate for yourself, understand your treatments, and know what you need to take care of yourself.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Anita and Blossom Living with POI on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blossomlivingwithpoi\">Facebook<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blossomlivingwithpoi\/\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg1ZqNnJ_NST9ESksWsIp_Q\">YouTube<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this inspiring episode, Dr Louise Newson talks to Anita Elawure, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6779,"template":"","subject":[48],"content-type":[17],"library-format":[14],"library-author":[],"class_list":["post-845","menopauselibrary","type-menopauselibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","subject-premature-ovarian-insufficiency-poi","content-type-podcast","library-format-listen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/menopauselibrary"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"library-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-format?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"library-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-author?post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}