Sunday, November 17, 2013

Jacqui Beck Learns She Was Born With No Vagina- British Teen Born With MRKH Syndrome


  • Jacqui Beck is born with no vagina
  • After 17she hadn't started getting her periods
  • Tests showed that she had MRKH syndrome, a genetic condition that meant she had been born without a vagina, womb or cervix
  • The condition mainly affects the reproductive system and "causes the vagina and uterus to be underdeveloped or absent.
  • The condition is usually detected once someone with MRKH tries to have sex, or doesn't begin having periods by age 16
  • Beck, now 19, is also taking ownership of her condition

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