'I didn't feel the same as other females and I frankly still don't. 'I had to learn to become comfortable in my own skin again.
The fundamental biological traits that made me a woman, my self-identity and the plans for my future had shifted,' she said.Ī little help: Because she can't carry a baby, she and her husband Jonathan are using IVF and a gestational carrier 'I was now one in 5,000 women around the world diagnosed with MRKH Syndrome. 'I’d been trying so hard to fit in with my high school friends, but as fate would have it, my diagnosis had a different path planned for me. 'I was born without a uterus, cervix and an underdeveloped vaginal canal,' she explained. 'At 16 years old, I really wanted to pretend that none of this was happening, so that's exactly what I did. Her mother booked an appointment with her family physician, who appeared concerned but attributed the delay to her being lean and athletic.Ĭonvinced there was something else wrong, her mother wanted to double check and booked an appointment with her OBGYN who referred her to the University of Michigan.Ī few months later, she was diagnosed with MRKH. Misch, a wine educator and marketer, was just 16 years old when she became suspicious that something may be wrong because she hadn’t started her period yet. Medical needs: Jaclyn Misch, 31, has Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) Type 1, a rare condition that means that she was born with no uterus or cervix and an incomplete vagina
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