Shauna Rae on Infertility, Leaving an Abusive Relationship & Hiding My Boyfriend from the Public
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What challenges has Shauna Rae faced due to her condition?
I was in a very abusive relationship and it happens to like one in four women. Oh, it's fine.
No, it's not fine.
It's not fine. Nothing's fine about that. It's fine now for me. It's very easy to be prey in this world as a tiny little girl. My parents taught me that from a very young age. Any guy that's interested in you, you have to read into them because there's a chance that it's about your size.
How do you feel about not being able to have kids?
It's a little hard with TLC because they reopened it. Then after they found out how much it was going to cost, they could not do it unless I paid for it myself.
Today on Unplanned, we sat down with the 25-year-old star of the TLC show, I Am Shauna Rae. At just 3 feet and 10 inches tall, Shauna's life has been shaped by her battle with pediatric cancer, which left her with a rare condition called pituitary dwarfism. The condition significantly stunted her growth as a child, and now, as a woman, she faces discrimination. We dive into her struggles with predators, infertility, keeping her boyfriend's identity private, and how she escaped an abusive relationship, all on today's episode. Shauna Rae, welcome to the Unplanned Podcast. Thank you so much for being here. I love how your Instagram bio is, I listened when my mama told me not to grow up. Whose idea was that?
Oh, it was mine. I think I was looking for a stupid bio when the show started because I wasn't on social media. I took a whole social media break. And then when the show came out and I was looking, I was like 19. I was like, what do I do? I'm short. And my mom was like, you listen to me. To Riley or something. Oh yeah, I listened. And then I was just, I listened when my mama told me not to grow up. And I was like, mom, look at my thing. And she's like, I like it. I like it. I was like, I'm in it. She's like, I made it. I made it to the captions. She didn't know what it was. That's funny. I was like, my mom is not social savvy at all, but. And she literally, when I made my new handle for people to find me easier from TLC, she made her handle like the exact copy. And I was like, mom, why'd you do that? She's like, because you did it. And that's like, that's like what we were doing. I was like, yeah, you could have just kept it at Patty's Wrinkles. She's like, no, at the real Patty's Wrinkles. Oh, that's funny.
I was like, I did that for a reason, but okay, you're cute.
I love how spunky you are. Thank you. You have to be so resilient, and I just like, I don't know, you're just so powerful.
Thank you. I think it really just stems from the fact that no matter where I go, For every good thing that happens in my life, someone's like, oh, you're so amazing, you're so bright. There's also a little bit of discrimination behind it. So you have to build that resilience or that backbone. I could walk my dog and they'll be like, oh, look at you go, honey. I'm like... you're only making it a show because you think I'm a child walking my dog. Like we were walking, um, in garden city because my mom works around the area. So we were in the mall and someone was like, Oh, she's so cute. And like, she's like, she's just so intelligent and bright. And my mom's like, yeah, it's my daughter. And she's like, she like, how old are you? I'm like, I'm 25.
She's like, no, she's like, she's joking. Right. I'm like,
no i'm not i'm like this is why i'm bright that's why it's why you're getting a weird feeling from me like i'm not a normal child because i'm not a child i'm an adult yeah that must be so tricky to navigate too because it's like most people right they see someone who looks looks younger right and they have certain stereotypes certain ideas in their head and so they're not trying to be rude but then from your circumstance right like you want to be treated as an adult woman because that's what you that's what you are yeah you're 25 years old you have a boyfriend you you want the same things that any other 25 year old woman would want yeah so how do you navigate that because that must be so tricky i don't i don't know what i would do i i really correct people yeah
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What challenges has Shauna Rae faced due to her condition?
0:00–4:19
2
How has Shauna dealt with infertility struggles?
4:19–11:02
3
What was Shauna's experience escaping an abusive relationship?
11:02–21:56
4
Why does Shauna keep her boyfriend's identity private?
21:56–29:33
5
How does Shauna handle public perceptions and discrimination?
29:33–46:34
6
What insights does Shauna provide about dating as a woman with dwarfism?
46:34–1:03:05
7
How has Shauna's upbringing influenced her views on safety and relationships?
1:03:05–1:12:45
8
What are Shauna's thoughts on societal expectations for women with disabilities?
1:12:45–1:33:50
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