'I was born without a vagina or uterus - I grieved that I couldn’t have a baby'

ok.co.uk:

At the age of 16, Ally Hensley found it unusual that she hadn't yet started her period but had no other reason to suspect anything was wrong.

But after a medical examination followed by a failed attempt to have sex, Ally, now 43, who hails from Berkshire, was diagnosed with a rare and life-alteringcondition that has massively impacted her life.

Speaking exclusively to OK! Ally said: "When I didn't start my period, I went to the doctor, and they sent me away for a year, saying I was a late starter." During this time, Ally attempted to have sex with someone while on holiday when she was 16, but "it just didn't work", so she returned to the doctor. "I recall a male doctor attempting to do an internal examination, but he just couldn't because my vaginal canal was the length of a fingernail." Ally said: "At this point, further investigation was needed.That was the day that changed my life and I remember it very clearly, he drew the curtain around my bed and explained what I had and what I didn't have.

It was white noise, as I was told I was never going to carry a biological child." Ally discovered that she was living with a condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, also known as MRKH.This medical disorder impacts the female reproductive system, leading to an underdeveloped or absent vagina and uterus, despite a 'typical' external appearance.