It turns out the official term is "vaginal agenesis" or "vaginal atresia".
Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
'Serenity'
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Betsy HP - Mar 07, 2005 11:01:59 am PST #9758 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Sophia Brooks - Mar 07, 2005 11:09:27 am PST #9759 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
OK-- thanks to Betsy's name, I found a site that explained in enough detail for me
Of course, it is geared to teen girls with the condition, but, explanatory.
I think I am a little to curious sometimes...
Nutty - Mar 07, 2005 11:13:29 am PST #9760 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
There is no such thing as too curious!
Mayer-von Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser's syndrome.
The real question is, when did Mad Max have the time to become a research gynecologist?
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2005 11:13:36 am PST #9761 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So what's the what with periods and agenesis? Apart from just not having one -- how far up the chain of menstruation events is affected?
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2005 11:14:27 am PST #9762 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
The real question is, when did Mad Max have the time to become a research gynecologist?
Well, there's a lot of down time beyond Thunderdome.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 07, 2005 11:17:04 am PST #9763 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
So what's the what with periods and agenesis? Apart from just not having one -- how far up the chain of menstruation events is affected?>
I think it depends on whether the woman has a uterus or not. According to the site above, this will not keep a woman from having a baby, as long as she has a uterus and a vagina is constructed.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2005 11:17:59 am PST #9764 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you have a uterus and no vagina, where does the uterine lining go every month?
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2005 11:30:13 am PST #9765 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Well, she's already done that for M$B, hasn't she? But yeah -- the Crow/Clooney/Diesel effort seems to be mainly matched in women by them not wearing as much foundation.
I do think we should give props to Salma Hayek for adopting Frida Kahlo's unibrow. Not to mention the monkey.
Alibelle - Mar 07, 2005 11:55:28 am PST #9766 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
When Clooney/Crowe/Diesel gain fat, I've never heard anyone say "Oh, that's better! I hope they don't go back to looking like they did before!"
Well, I said that about Christian Bale.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2005 11:58:04 am PST #9767 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I said that about Christian Bale.
When was Bale fat?