I’m 23 and I want to remove my uterus

When Taylen Heremaia told her doctor she wanted a hysterectomy to try and help with her endometriosis, the doctor asked if she had a boyfriend and what he thought about this. Subscribe to Re: http://bit.ly/subscribe-re

“This hypothetical boyfriend doesn’t have a uterus that’s in pain,” Taylen told her doctor. “I do.”

Experiencing chronic pain since she was 15, a painful condition where the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus, Taylen has been on an exhausting journey to get a hysterectomy.

Despite being clear about never wanting genetic children, Taylen says the expectation and pressure for her to want children in the future feels dehumanising and she feels it has gotten in the way of her having her uterus removed.

“It felt like people were saying if you have a uterus, how could you not want children? What’s wrong with you?”

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