Woman Born Without Genital Hope To Start A Family
Devan Merck, 23-year-old was born without genital and experienced bullying from some people but now she’s hoping to start a family with her husband.
She has a Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, which means she has no vaginal canal, no cervix, and malformed uterus that she discovered when she was 12-year-old. Devan has suffered bullying at school due to her unusual condition. Her mom brought her to a specialist and found out that only one of the 5, 000 women are suffering from this condition.
Devan undergoes a surgery when she was 13 years old to remove her malformed uterus because she has a thick layer of skin that covered her genital. The surgeon cut open and remove the skin beneath and placed it inside of her.
After three years, she undergoes in another procedure to create her genital for her to be able to have intercourse. The surgeons were able to form a genital canal for Devan. Other kids were bullying and calling her a freak or a boy because of her condition in the past.
Aside from the bullying she experienced outside, her boyfriends also avoid her upon discovering her condition. Her boyfriend’s said that Devan felt and smelled different from other girls with her artificial genital.
Her situation changed when she left school and marry her husband Trent, 28-year-old who accepted her in behalf of Devan’s condition. Trent and Devan were now married for five years. Trent is serving the United States as a military.
The medical experts found out that Devan carries eggs in her ovaries, which means that they can have their own baby through surrogation. Devan wanted to be a mother even though her condition is emotionally difficult, but the good thing is Trent supports her all the way.
The couple plans to start In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and hoping that by the end of 2017, they can have their first baby using surrogation process and starts a family.