'Depression left me weighing 49kgs during pregnancy' Pierra Makena opens up

Piece by: Peninah Njoki
Lifestyle

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.