Pierra Makena has talked about how feeling depressed during her pregnancy and dealing with excess weight after delivery weighed her down.
Makena who is mother to a four-year-old daughter shared this on her YouTube channel in an aim to support other people struggling with excess weight.
'Before pregnancy I was 50-52 kgs but at some point I was feeling alittle depressed so at 3 months I was weighing 49 kgs.
My doctor was getting worried because you are not supposed to be loosing weight while pregnant.
I would try and eat but nothing worked for me, at the time. Even when I delivered I was still not gaining weight.'
Makena's family decided to join her and help feed her and that is when the weight started coming in.
'After I gave birth, three months later I was still not gaining weight yet I needed to produce enough milk for the baby.
That is when my mum and sisters popped at my house and I was overfed. My baby started feeding well but my clothes could not fit.
As a first time mother I panicked when I started gaining weight.'
Makena said once the public got a glimpse of her they trolled her saying she had let herself go.
'I attended an event and I was all over the newspapers being trolled.
I became depressed because I was even being called an elephant. But luckily for me, my family was very supportive.
What I learnt is, surround yourself with people who support you. Later on I learnt that I needed to love and appreciate myself.'
Makena has lost much of the weight she gained and is looking better than most of the people who trolled her.
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