Jenny Morrison has revealed she was told she would not be able to conceive children due to her endometriosis diagnosis as her husband unveiled a $58 million package to support more than 800,000 Australian women battling the condition.
The federal government on Friday announced a $58 million package to improve diagnosis, care and treatment to support more than 800,000 Australian women who suffer from the disease.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s wife Jenny has welcomed record endometriosis funding. Picture: Justin Lloyd. "There were times that I felt like giving up, times where I might have given up momentarily, but was encouraged to keep trying,” she said.But she ended up having surgery – a five-and-a-half-hour operation where a section of a bowel was taken – which “did its job” and allowed her to later naturally conceive the couple’s two daughters.
“I have seen firsthand with Jen just how debilitating endometriosis can be for women, the mental and physical toll it takes," he said. $25.2 million to support women with severe endometriosis and other conditions that affect fertility to access a new Medicare funded magnetic resonance imaging scan.$5.1 million towards the National Endometriosis Clinical and Scientific Trials Network and for early career researcher scholarships to continue growing research capacity and address research gaps.
Member for Boothby Nicolle Flint said, as someone who lives with endometriosis, Friday’s announcement “will change lives”.Member for Boothby Nicolle Flint said, as someone who lives with endometriosis, Friday’s announcement “will change lives”. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz“Endometriosis had stuck both of my ovaries and my fallopian tubes to my uterus, one of my ovaries was also stuck to my bowel, and there was a lot of endo on my bladder and my bowel. It took 3.
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