Chantelle Houghton talks infertility and crash diets
Chantelle Houghton
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Chantelle Houghton has been warning the public about the dangers of crash-dieting after it's apparently left her unable to have children.
She's been told by doctors that she won't be able to conceive without the help of IVF, due to her history of eating disorders and extreme diets. Chantelle was bulimic from the age of 14, and went on a strict diet after appearing on Celebrity Big Brother five years ago.
She told Heat magazine:
"I just felt like something was wrong, I just knew. I decided to go to a gynaecology and fertility clinic to check if I had any problems. Never in a million years did I think that I would find out this…
"He said that if I'd waited another three years, I would never be able to have children at all. I wouldn't have any eggs left. There's always the chance I could miraculously fall pregnant naturally, but it's so remote...
"Ultimately it's my fault. I hate myself and can never forgive myself. Because of my obsession with food and my crash dieting when I had bulimia, I've ruined my chances of having a baby naturally.
"All the time I was making myself sick, I was thinking, 'Yes, I'm getting skinnier.' I thought I was winning, but I was losing. It's cost me the chance of a family."
"I hope they'll see what's happened to me and realise what they're doing - the long-term effects. I'm 27 and I can't have children naturally.
"Being stick-thin - is it worth that?"
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