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Woman born without a uterus due to a rare condition shares determination to have kids of her own - Daily Mail
Oct 15, 2021 2 mins, 3 secs

As a teenager, Jaclyn Misch, 31, was diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) Type 1, a rare condition that occurs in females and mainly affects the reproductive system, and means that she was born with no uterus or cervix and an incomplete vagina.

But Misch is still determined to be a mother, and even more so since marrying her husband Jonathan — so together, the prospective parents have now been through multiple rounds of IVF and egg fertilization, with the aim of using a gestational carrier to bring a baby into the world.

Medical needs:  Jaclyn Misch, 31, has Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) Type 1, a rare condition that means that she was born with no uterus or cervix and an incomplete vagina.

'I was now one in 5,000 women around the world diagnosed with MRKH Syndrome?

A little help: Because she can't carry a baby, she and her husband Jonathan are using IVF and a gestational carrier.

With their first gestational carrier, they went through three rounds of embryo transfers, which all failed.

The couple got married in 2015, and Misch said her MRKH has played into their relationship when it comes to the issue of having kids.

So close: After one transfer, their carrier got pregnant and carried their baby until 20 weeks, when she miscarried.

Determined to have their own biological child, the two soon started going through rounds of IVF to harvest eggs that they could fertilize with Jonathan's sperm and implant in a gestational carrier.

'Currently, we have a new gestational carrier and are beyond grateful that she and her husband have volunteered to help us start a family,' Misch said

'I’ve had [the carriers of] friends with MRKH get pregnant on their first transfer with their high-quality embryos — so naturally, I thought we would too as our embryos were perfectly normal

They eventually parted ways with their first gestational carrier and found a new one — but have since experience even more loss

While one of the embryos successfully implanted and their carrier became pregnant, she miscarried in her second trimester at 20 weeks late last year

'Harper Kelly Misch came into the world with a still heart at 4:25pm on December 19th while beautiful chunky snowflakes fell outside the hospital window

So many women have been diagnosed with MRKH from around the world,' she said

'Currently, we have a new gestational carrier and are beyond grateful that she and her husband have volunteered to help us start a family,' Misch said

So many women have been diagnosed with MRKH from around the world

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