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MRKH syndrome: 'The day I discovered I was born without a vagina'

Julian Peter, 29, was born without a womb, cervix (Courtesy)

A routine question from her doctor about menstruation set Julian Peter, now 29, down a path that led her to discover she was born without a womb, cervix or a vagina. Twelve years on, she shares her story

I was born with a condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH), where you have no womb or vagina, and you can also find yourself with just one kidney.

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