Category Archives: MRKH sisterhood

What I Would Tell My 20 Year Old Self (MRKH Edition)

Kylie McMahon Fight Forward. As I sat down to start my letter to my 20 year old, freshly diagnosed self, I couldn’t help but get lost thinking about the day my life changed. Before I get to my letter, I … Continue reading

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Obstacles With MRKH As An Asian Muslim

Aysha Khawaja So MRKH is a lifelong diagnosis, which comes with an assortment of challenges. I feel these challenges are increased further, by coming from an Asian Muslim background. Firstly, you really face identity crises. You’re always taught from an Islamic perspective you … Continue reading

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What If All Of Your Feelings Were Valid?

Sheree Murray Its ok to feel all the feels, your feelings are totally valid. Some days I find myself totally ok and in my power with mrkh. I know what I want in my life and I know how to … Continue reading

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What I Would Tell My 17 Year Old Self (MRKH Edition)

Rachel First off, your hair looks great today! Look at you go! Alright, let’s sit down. You’ve been through some shit, and I want to have a very real conversation as someone who has been there, literally. The diagnosis you … Continue reading

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What I Would Tell My 17 Year Old Self (MRKH Edition)

Grecia Lopez It’s been more than a decade since you were diagnosed with MRKH and you have been living a fruitful life.  Up until you were diagnosed, you knew something different internally.  How? You just knew. You felt it. When you … Continue reading

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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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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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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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