Women tell their stories of how they lost the ability to have children

Written by on October 22, 2023

Oct. 19, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT

By Janelle Griffith

From the time she got married in September 2021, Kenya Appling had looked forward to having a child. 

That dream was crushed four months after her wedding when Appling, 42, was diagnosed with uterine cancer and, at the advice of her doctor, underwent a hysterectomy, as well as chemotherapy and radiation.

“It was really devastating. I could not come to terms with it for a while,” she said of the diagnosis. “Immediately after surgery, I . . .



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