
Stephanie's 'lifelong consequence' from surgery done on her as a baby | 7.30
Stephanie was born with an intersex variation: a term that can include a range of genital, hormonal and chromosomal variations that do not reflect a typical male or female body and affects 1.7 per cent of births.
For her, that meant she was born without ovaries or a uterus but with male gonads.
Within days of her birth, doctors removed them because they were worried about the risk of cancer.
But the surgery as a baby has had a profound effect on Stephanie’s adult life.
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For her, that meant she was born without ovaries or a uterus but with male gonads.
Within days of her birth, doctors removed them because they were worried about the risk of cancer.
But the surgery as a baby has had a profound effect on Stephanie’s adult life.
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