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Broken to Blessed
Julie Coveney I come from a large family of eight, including my parents. With so many people, it was easy to feel alone and lost in the shuffle, with six kids. I also felt different. It wouldn’t be until years … Continue reading
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My Vagina is on Vacation
Four years ago, when my college put on a performance of the Vagina Monologues, I saw it as an opportunity to finally share something that I had kept inside me for several years—my MRKH diagnosis. With permission of the director, … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, awareness, Beautiful You MRKH Foundation, BYMRKH, family planning, infertility, MRKH, sexuality, sisterhood, strength, support, vagina, vagina monologues
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Your heart is worth the time. You are worth the time.
There is a Japanese art called Kintsugi. Kintsugi is the art of repairing broken pottery with gold dusted lacquer to repair it. The philosophy behind it is to treat the breakage and show it as part of the history of … Continue reading
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Dear My Beauty
It’s not fair nor unfair. It’s not be pitied nor disregarded and it is the invisible grief that most will never talk about. The inner dialogue for infertility is that of subtle sadness, disguised aggression and palpable fear. Whether you … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, awareness, BYMRKH, family planning, infertility, MRKH, sisterhood, strength, support
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A Glimpse Into the Fostering Process
You know those rare situations when you meet a beautiful couple whose love for one another fills the room, they are tons of fun to be around and you can just tell they are good people? Well, Sara and Stuart, … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, child, family planning, foster, foster child, foster parents, infertility, MRKH
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You Changed the WORLD!
Something wonderful happened today! I received a letter from an 8th grader in Ohio. She read an article about uterus transplants and wanted to write to someone affected by MRKH. It’s part of a class assignment on current events. Here … Continue reading
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The Age of Infertility
As you get older, conditions get harder and everything changes. When you’re young, no one really tells you what adversities are ahead or how … Continue reading
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The ‘Markings’ of a Good Life
My land legs are a bit wobbly as of late- and when I say land, I mean life and when I say wobbly, I mean vulnerable. I am essentially feeling vulnerable in life. When you have committed to exploring one’s … Continue reading
Kristen X2 Shares Their First Experience Attending a BYMRKH Meeting in Seattle!
Hi my name is Kristen. I’m 33 years old and at 16 I was “undiagnosed” with MRKH because they didn’t have the information on it that they do today. I was told I was one in a million, and I suffered … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Conference, healing, Meeting, MRKH, MRKH sisterhood, MRKH Warrior, Seattle, sisterhood, warrior
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Keeping Secrets
I was 16 when I was diagnosed with MRKH, already struggling to dig out my niche in the world. The doctor explained to me I was born without a uterus and vagina, would require either dilation or reconstructive surgery to … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Beautiful You MRKH Foundation, Diagnosis, infertility, MRKH, secrets, support
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