Jacqui Beck, 19, has
MRKH, an rare syndrome which affects the reproductive system - meaning
she has no womb, cervix or vaginal opening. She never noticed till she reported to her GP about back pain and
mentioned she has not started seeing her period.
Women with the condition appear
completely normal externally - which means it is usually not discovered
until a woman tries to have sex, or has not had her first period.
Miss Beck, from the Isle of Wight, admits when she was first diagnosed, she felt 'like a freak'.
'I'd never considered myself different from other women and the news was so shocking, I couldn't believe what I was
hearing.
She has never tried a physical relationship reason she never noticed the problem herself.
She said: 'It
wasn’t really a conscious decision not to have a boyfriend, I just
didn’t really fancy any of the boys in my area, which is lucky,
considering what I know now’.
MRKH affects one in 5,000 women in the UK
Miss Beck explained she has a 'dimple' where her vagina should be so from the outside it looks normal - which explains why the condition wasn't detected earlier.
Despite the shocking news, she is trying to see her condition in a positive light - and even as a way of making sure she meets the right man.
She said: 'If he has a problem with it, then he’s not the kind of
guy I want to go out with.
‘My
doctor was very surprised but didn’t seem to think it was serious. He
just suggested that he would do some scans to see what the problem was.' Her doctor detected actually nothing that could lead to her not seeing her periods so he sent the scan results to a gyneacologist.
Miss Beck said: ‘My other scan results had been sent to her and just from looking at them, she knew I had MRKH.
‘She
sat me down and basically explained that I didn’t have a womb, or a
vagina, that I was born without them and instead just had a small dimple
in it’s place.'
So mortified by what she had heard, she was too embarrassed to admit to family and friends she had the condition - let alone the prospect of telling
any future boyfriends.
She said: ‘I
was too embarrassed to call my mum and talk it through with her, so
instead, I sent her an email.
Dunno if I shld say, I feel for her really love her courage to face d ish
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