If you could take a few moments out of your day to read this, it would mean the absolute world to me. I’m incredibly grateful for your time, and even more so for your compassion.

My name is Jordan, and my husband is Joseph. The reason I’m sharing our story today isn’t for personal gain—but for the women out there who, like me, are silently carrying a weight they never asked for.

Let me start from the beginning…

I met Joseph when I was just 17 years old, and from the moment we fell in love, we started dreaming about our future together. We talked about building a life, buying a home, getting married, and one day, growing our family with children of our own. We’ve been blessed to achieve two of those dreams—but one still remains heartbreakingly out of reach.

When I was 19, after years of confusion, fear, and countless unanswered questions, I was diagnosed with a rare condition called MRKH—Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome. It affects 1 in every 5,000 women. It means I was born without a uterus, and although I have functioning ovaries, I’ll never be able to carry a child.

It’s hard to describe what that kind of news does to your heart. I remember sitting in the doctor’s office, trying to be strong, but feeling like my entire world was crashing down. I felt broken. I felt like I had failed before I even had the chance to try. It’s a grief that’s hard to put into words—a loss of something I never even got to have.

For months, I carried this silent sorrow, convinced that I was somehow “less of a woman.” I know now that’s not true—but at the time, I couldn’t see beyond the pain. Joseph and I explored our options: adoption and surrogacy. Both are beautiful, life-giving paths to parenthood—but I couldn’t help longing for the experience I had dreamed of for so long: carrying our child, feeling their kicks, hearing their heartbeat inside of me.

For women with MRKH in the UK, there is no support or funding from the NHS. IVF is offered to women who struggle with fertility—but for those of us born without a womb, our dream is labeled a “luxury.” We are left to face the emotional and financial burden alone.

And yet… there is hope.

Recently, we read an article that changed everything. The first successful uterus transplant in the UK has been performed. I can’t explain the emotions that flooded through me when I read those words—my mum and I cried together. For the first time, I felt something I hadn’t allowed myself to feel in a long time: hope.

That brings me to why I’ve created this fundraiser.

There is an incredible team of surgeons and researchers at Womb Transplant UK who are pioneering this life-changing procedure. Their mission is to help women like me—women born without a womb, or those who have lost theirs due to illness—finally have the chance to carry their own child.

Their research has been ongoing for nearly a decade, and after years of tireless work, heartbreak, and hope, they’ve done something extraordinary—they’ve succeeded in raising £500,000 to fund more transplants through their charity, Womb Transplantation (UK).

That funding is now being used to give 10 women—10 women who never imagined they’d have this chance—the opportunity of a lifetime.

I’m beyond grateful, humbled, and honestly still in disbelief to share that I’ve been chosen as one of those 10 women.

For the first time in my life, the dream I thought was lost might actually become real.

But there’s a condition: before I can undergo the transplant surgery, I need to have at least 5 embryos ready for implantation.

We already have an incredible uterus donor—something I still struggle to put into words. But as many of you know, IVF is incredibly expensive. And despite everything we’ve tried, time is working against us. We simply don’t have the financial means to cover the costs on our own.

I’m not here to beg. I’m here to ask, from the bottom of my heart, for your support—whether that’s a donation, a share, or simply spreading the word. Every act of kindness brings us one step closer to making this miracle possible—not just for me, but for so many other women silently living this same story.

And here’s the part that still takes my breath away…

The woman who is donating her womb to me—the one who is helping me fulfill this lifelong dream of becoming a mother—is my own mother.

The same woman who gave me life is now giving me the chance to create life.

There are no words big enough to express what that means to me. Her love, her strength, and her selflessness are the reason I still believe in miracles.

We want to be clear—we’re not doing this to take without giving back. That’s not who we are.

If we’re fortunate enough to raise more than we need for our IVF treatment, every remaining penny will be passed on to help another woman on her own fertility journey.

This isn’t just about our dream—this is about hope, community, and lifting each other up. If we’re given the gift of help, we want to pay that forward, and be part of someone else’s miracle too.

Thank you for listening. Thank you for caring.

With love and hope,

Jordan & Joseph

Womb Transplant UK website;

https://wombtransplantuk.org

More information on MRKH;

https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/mayer-rokitansky-kuster-hauser-syndrome/

https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/patient-information/conditions-treated-a-to-z/mayer-rokitansky-kuster-hauser-mrkh-syndrome

https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/-/media/website/patient-information-leaflets/childrens-services/disorders-of-sexual-development-and-adolescent-gynaecology/mrkh.pdf?rev=8130bfbc3dca4be0a8a2aaf06d7c0fb1&hash=3B47FBDE4375CC2F59222E23683610FB