The National Women’s Health Network says hysterectomies are the second most performed procedure in the United States for women of reproductive age, though doctors are reluctant to perform them on women as young as Ms. Dunham. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. She described her lifelong dreams of motherhood and the period of “mourning” during which she confronted the reality that a hysterectomy would make her unable to carry a child. But she said doctors believed the operation, which did not remove her ovaries, may not have rendered her infertile.

Source: New York Times February 15, 2018 01:18 UTC