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    Meghan, Duchess of Sussex suffered a "rare and scary" medical condition after giving birth

    The 43-year-old duchess has revealed that she was diagnosed with post-partum pre-eclampsia - a rare and potentially life-threatening condition - following childbirth


    The duchess - who has Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, with husband Prince Harry - said on the 'Confessions of a Female Founder' podcast: "It's so rare and so scary. And you're still trying to juggle all of these things, and the world doesn't know what's happening quietly. And in the quiet, you're still trying to show up for people - mostly for your children - but those things are huge medical scares."

    The former 'Suits' actress didn't reveal whether she faced the medical complication - which is characterised by high blood pressure - after giving birth to Archie or Lilibet.

    However, she did open up about the challenge of balancing parenting duties with her business ambitions.

    The duchess explained: "Lili still naps, she gets picked up early and she naps.

    "She only has a half day in preschool. If she wakes up and wants to find me, she knows where to find me, even if my door is closed to the office.

    "She'll be sitting there on my lap during one of these meetings with a grid of all the ex ecutives ... I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't want to miss those moments.

    "I don't want to miss pickup if I don't have to. I don't want to miss drop-off."

    The duchess also believes that parenthood has given her a healthy sense of perspective.

    Meghan - who has been married to Harry since 2018 - shared: "What I do love the most about having young kids, in this chapter while I'm building [business], is the perspective that it brings because you're building something while your child's going through potty training - and both are just as important.

    "It's like, 'Great, okay, where's the Cheerios? Well done.' And then you're championing your team ten minutes later about something that is really high value for the world. In your own world, that's super high value. And in [Lili's] world, that's super high value."

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