In many ways, Kaylee Moats is your average 23-year old.
She hails from Arizona. She’s in a committed, long-term relationship.
And she wants to have sex with her partner.
But there’s one thing holding Moats back:
She suffers from Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser syndrome (MRKH), which means she was born without a cervix, uterus or vaginal opening.
The condition affects just one in 5,000 women and the cause is not known.
But the result unfortunately is: In short, Moats was born without a vagina.
Concerned over why she had not yet had a period at the age of 18, Moats visited a doctor at that time who ordered an MRI.
This is when she learned of her diagnosis.
Five years later, Kaylee her family have launched a GoFundMe page for surgery that would allow her to be in an intimate relationship. It would make it possible for her to engage in intercourse.
(Note: For those wondering, insurance companies refuse cover this type of surgery because they don’t consider it to be a life-saving treatment.)
Speaking to The Daily Mail, the Arizona native says she’s under no pressure at all from her boyfriend, who she met senior year of college.
“He doesn’t really focus on the sexual side of our relationship because we can’t do anything since I don’t have a vaginal opening,” the graphic designer explained.
“But I am looking forward to having a sexual relationship. I’m not sure if I want to wait until marriage, but I think having that option there is a lot more comforting.”
Down the line, Moats would love to have a family and a biological child.
“If that doesn’t work . . . because sometimes surrogacy doesn’t work, then I hope to adopt,” she told Bancroft TV.
You can contribute to Kaylee’s GoFundMe page now and you can read its description/mission statement below:
My name is Amanda Moats, and I am writing this for my sister Kaylee Moats, who has been diagnosed with a rare condition called MRKH (Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome).
We received this crushing news in the doctor’s office when she was 18 years old, after never having a menstrual period. After having a MRI completed, the doctor determined that she did not have a uterus, cervix, vagina or vaginal opening.
As you can imagine, it was hard to process all of this information and we were all heartbroken.
As a sister, there was nothing worse than getting that phone call and knowing that my sister’s dreams for her life were changed so drastically in an instant, with nothing I or anyone else could do to make it better.
Kaylee will never be able to carry her own children. The dreams we had of raising families together are going to look a little different than we had initially planned.
This diagnosis raises a lot of fears, concerns, and insecurities in Kaylee about her identity and her future.
The options of surrogacy and adoption give her some hope but she will never be able to carry her own children.
After receiving the news, she decided to focus on school and address the problem later on when she was ready.
The family is hoping to raise $ 15,000, and Kaylee’s sister concludes her post as follows:
We would be forever grateful for anything you can donate. No amount is too small.
Thank you for getting Kaylee one step closer to her goal and allowing her to have a brighter and happier future.