Exclusive - From dealing with painful IVF journey and Postpartum depression to reacting to divorce rumours with Prince Narula: Yuvika Chaudhary opens up about her motherhood journey

Yuvika Chaudhary, who has been part of projects like Om Shanti Om, Bigg Boss recently, in an exclusive conversation with Times of India TV, candidly shared the deeply personal and emotional experiences she's faced on her path to becoming a mother. She opened up about undergoing IVF, coping with postpartum depression, and navigating the struggles of breastfeeding. Yuvika also revealed how stepping into parenthood has strengthened her bond with Prince Narula, helping them grow emotionally and become stronger as a couple. Additionally, she took the opportunity to clear the air regarding past speculations about her relationship with Prince, offering clarity and putting the rumours to rest. (Photo: Instagram)

When you become a mother, you start understanding life in a better way. It is a beautiful feeling and you start realising the power of a woman after giving birth to a child. You develop patience and strength and you realise takatvar toh betiyaan he hoti hain. First I became a daughter, then wife and now a mother. I am learning each day during this phase of motherhood. No matter how much I’m tired when I see my daughter’s smile, I instantly get energy. Your life competes after having a child, I felt that personally. I am feeling complete. (Photo: Instagram)

I went through three years of struggle for egg freezing and during that time I was working also. Then I got used to the pain and injections. Phir aadat pad gayi kabhi aap stomach par le rahe ho kabhi thighs par. There was a point when I started taking injections on my own. It became so normal and an everyday thing for me. I got used to that pain. There was hormonal imbalance as well which is not everybody’s cup of tea to handle. I salute my family, my husband and everyone who took care of me during that time. Jab hormones aapke saath nahi hote toh aapko lagta hai aap koi aur hi insaan ho. I went through a lot in that phase and it was very difficult.(Photo: Instagram)

There were happy hormones as well with all the struggles. There was a happy feeling that my partner and my decision to experience parenthood, is finally coming true. When you have your family’s support things get easy. Thankfully within the first trial of IVF, I conceived. Initially, I was not aware of the process and felt egg freezing is called IVF. But when I continued with the egg freezing process for three years that’s when I realised it is just an egg freezing process. I feel blessed that everything went well. (Photo: Instagram)

Prince supported me a lot during the entire pregnancy journey. He planned this entire house where we are sitting currently and doing this interview. We had planned this house to be made in three months but it took 1 year to get completed. I was supposed to shift on Diwali but it did not happen. Due to this there was a lot of misunderstanding. I do vlogging also and he used to stay here to look after the work and I couldn’t be with him due to the construction in the house. Majority of the time I used to stay at my mom’s place because of the comfort. It was not just my decision but my in-laws, Prince everybody felt that I should be at my mom’s place. (Photo: Instagram)

Prince managed everything beautifully during that period. He stayed with me at my mom’s house and took care of the construction here. He was travelling also for work. He was always there for me. I can’t expect him to understand my body’s hormonal imbalances but still he was there. Ladke bhi hormonal imbalance se guzarte hain because there is suddenly pressure and responsibility of fatherhood and child. Lot of people don’t consider the problems that men go through. (Photo: Instagram)

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Prince was busy with work and now also he has to travel for work. He comes home and then goes again. I don’t always vlog, and don’t show everything or share each and every detail. We both can’t sit at home, one has to go out and work. It was our understanding, I never complained, I was very happy that my man was working. At that point our work load was too much because this house was under construction. He was looking after the house, his work, interiors everything. During that time people started talking while watching my Vlog, and they started assuming things. (Photo: Instagram)

We did not bother but the rumours and speculations affected our family. They got disturbed and tab humare upar baat aagayi and itni misunderstanding badh gayi thi social media and rumours everywhere. But I felt if I go out and start giving explanations, the topic will get escalated more. I decided it’s better to be quiet. Pata tha ek din sab normal hojaayega. Prince is emotional and hyper and I’m patient in dealing with these things so we handled it well. We took our time and grew together. (Photo: Instagram)

There was the postpartum phase in which I had absolutely no sense of what was happening around me. I was absolutely numb in that phase. I am happy Maine bahot shaanti se uss waqt ko nikala hai, I could have completely lost my mind. There was absolutely no connection between my mind and body. Thankfully, I never read or looked at social media. I was totally away. My only timepass was shooting vlogs and uploading it. I used to not understand what my body was going through, I was totally numb. All of a sudden the reports of differences were everyday in the news and I went blank. I think that helped me because my focus was on my child. I feel had I given importance to those reports, I would have ended up creating issues in our relationship. (Photo: Instagram)

Yes, our relationship grew stronger, and I think every couple faces something like this. There was a time when we started feeling distant, and our priorities changed. We were in a long-distance relationship then — he was caught up with work, and I was dealing with pregnancy issues like nausea. Normally, when you live together, you can talk about how you're feeling during pregnancy. But since we were both busy with work and managing the house separately, that distance led to misunderstandings. Later, when we spent time together again, we understood it was all because of being apart. Par joh hona tha hogaya humare ghar humari beti ke naseeb mein tha. Sadly, our parents had no role in this but due to the rumours they were affected. (Photo: Instagram)

"The initial phase was very tough when I had just delivered my baby. Main chilla chilla ke roti thi. Mere liye feeding was a big struggle. I did not know how to feed my baby. I was not able to latch my baby for breastfeeding, it took me a month. The doctors told me not to worry and they taught me. Due to stress I was not lactating much so I was taking medicines for that and I didn’t know how to feed. It used to hurt so much that I used to cry a lot. Using a pump to extract milk, it was even more painful. This was my real struggle and I used to wonder when I would be able to feed her," she said. (Photo: Instagram)