Us Girls: My Life Without a Uterus

Rachael is the one in 4,500 girls born with Type 1 Mayer-Kuster-Hauser-Rokitansky syndrome—the absence of, or malformation of—female reproductive organs. Amidst the storms of family and during teen years that challenge many girls, the once-confident teen searches for her identity as so-called specialists search for her uterus. Having already faced the complications of hydrocephalus, a micro-bladder, lazy eye and out-turned gait, the medical field’s hide-and-seek with her fertility leaves Rach...