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How to Grieve Reproductive Organs You're Grateful to Lose

My hysterectomy saved my life but I feel like I lost some essential part of my womanhood even though I never wanted more children.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Medical necessity doesn't eliminate the complex emotional relationship with body parts that carry symbolic meaning beyond function.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Women's Health & Life Stages?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.