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My fibroids story: I dream of one day becoming a mother

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Ivy Amdany, a resident of Baringo County, lives with fibroids. [Rodgers Otiso, Standard]

When Ivy Amdany started her period in the early years of adolescence, she experienced the usual mixed feelings -- a celebration of the important transition to womanhood, a little fear of embarrassment from accidentally soiling her clothes and concern over what was normal and what wasn't.

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