Anna

I’m not great at creative writing or putting feelings into words… I’m definitely more of a “stick to the facts” kind of girl… but here goes!!

I’m Anna, I was diagnosed with MRKH when I was 16 years old. It’s strange, I remember the day so vividly yet it was all a big blur. I was always the little girl with the pram, that’s why it hurt so much when it all got ‘taken away’. I grew up in a farming background where family is the centre of everything you do, yet when it came to speaking about feelings my coping mechanism was to simply ‘get on with it’ and burry ‘the problem’. I look back at this and sometimes feel frustrated that this was the approach I took, but it probably did stop me from spiralling. Over time and with the help of many people I’ve opened up, become more comfortable talking about MRKH, realised it’s not the end of the road nor a ‘problem’ rather an obstacle to overcome – which you could argue, makes you stronger. My advice to anyone in a similar situation is let yourself go through the emotions and lean on the people you love.