Category Archives: awareness

Allowing Room For Self Compassion

Kristen Oh Eating Disorder Awareness Week February 26 – March 1 My name is Kristen, I am a board member with the Beautiful You MRKH Foundation and co-chair of their national ambassador program. I have MRKH, and I am in … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, eating disorder, grief, healing, hope, journey | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Beauty In Being Rare

Stacey Brown This past November, I was honored to represent Beautiful You MRKH at the 2nd Annual RARE Health Equity Summit. To be honest I felt anxiety around the term “Rare Disease” The rare part felt lonely and justified how … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, black stories, black voices, childfree, family planning, healing, hope, infertility, MRKH, MRKH Warrior, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Story of an Afghan Girl with MRKH Syndrome

Frishta My name is Frishta. I am 26years old and I live in Afghanistan. At birth, the doctors told my mother that your daughter was malnourished. However, I grew up and survived. When I was 19 years old, I was … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, afghanistan, awareness, diversity, half marathon, healing, hope, infertility, journey, MRKH, sisterhood | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

MRKH Day Recap

Jane Berkeley We’d like to thank everyone who participated in the 10thAnnual MRKH Day on 5/21, organized by the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and the Beautiful Your MRKH Foundation team. It was wonderful to see both new and familiar … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, childfree, family planning, grief, healing, hope, infertility, MRKH sisterhood, MRKH supporter, MRKH Warrior | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Power of Words

Heather Klemanski “Nobody here needs to be fixed.” Those words were spoken by Dr. Steve Hickman when I attended a mindful self-compassion retreat. They were a balm to my soul. I grasped onto those words that day and never let … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, diversity, grief, healing, hope, infertility, journey, MRKH, MRKH sisterhood, MRKH supporter, MRKH Warrior, self love, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

BYMRKH Ambassador Regional Groups

Christina Martin Hi AMAZING MRKH COMMUNITY! Now that all regional groups and Ambassadors have been announced, we would like to invite you to join your regional FB group. This is a great way to start connecting and stay up to … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, grief, healing, hope, infertility, journey, MRKH, MRKH sisterhood, MRKH supporter, MRKH Warrior, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Elephant In The Room

Joyce, Philippines I know motherhood is not for me, and I’m already in the process of accepting it. It started when I am no longer distant from tiny creatures called babies. “Baby steps, Joyce (pun intended)”. From that very moment, … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, childfree, family planning, grief, healing, hope, infertility, journey, MRKH, MRKH sisterhood, MRKH supporter, MRKH Warrior, self love | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Like Me

Badia Atcherson Like Me, have you ever looked around and asked, where are all the women who looks like me? I mean really. Sometimes, I feel like yelling “WHERE ARE ALL the BLACK and BROWN women/people?” In our MRKH community, … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, black stories, black voices, diversity, grief, healing, hope, infertility, journey, MRKH, MRKH sisterhood, people of color, representation, self love, sisterhood | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

My MRKH Journey In A Nutshell

Aysha Building homes, playing shops, outings with cousins and parties with friends, it seemed my life was just typical! I started puberty at the average age of 10, breast development, hair growth and all! Except there was one question that … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, childfree, faith, grief, healing, hope, infertility, journey, MRKH, MRKH sisterhood, MRKH supporter, MRKH Warrior, muslim, self love, sisterhood | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Writing My Recovery

Julie Coveney Recently publishing my memoir, More Reason to Know Him, was a book I was working on for quite some time, years! Being published and on Amazon recently, I suddenly had an anxiety attack! I woke up the day … Continue reading

Posted in acceptance, awareness, faith, healing, hope, infertility, journey, MRKH, MRKH Warrior, religion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment