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01-21-06, 06:21 PM
Hi,
My name is Katie, I'm very new to this forum, and would first off like to thank Betsy for her help getting my account working. I was born with CAH, or CvAH, but unlike most of the girls on this site, and others with CAH, I was not so lucky to have the 'correct' corrective surgeries done. Although I know that even the corrective surgeries to make girls with CAH's genitals appear more normal, are not always the best for the girl, especially when Doc's just go chopping away at her clit.
But I unfortunately was not even that lucky. The Doc's who pronounced my birth suggested these surgeries to my parents (a fact I only very recently found out, thanks to birth records I received. My farther refused them and told the Doc that, and I quote, "If he was going to raise that thing, it would be a boy". The Docs who pronounced my birth denied him those options, but he did eventually find Docs who would work with his twisted ideas of what I should be. Including Testosterone injections for as long as I can remember, well until I was 16 and finally escaped my parents house.
My farther was very abusive in many ways, and my mother did not help matters any. Until I was like 13, everyone in my family referred to me as 'it'... my mother said it was to make me feel more accepted for being different. I've been fighting these demons since I escaped my parents house (which is a whole other story), but I'm just wondering if there are any other girls here with CAH, who have similar experiences. Mainly being forced by their parents to fit into a male role, including the incorrect surgeries, or anything like that.
Take care,
Katie
My name is Katie, I'm very new to this forum, and would first off like to thank Betsy for her help getting my account working. I was born with CAH, or CvAH, but unlike most of the girls on this site, and others with CAH, I was not so lucky to have the 'correct' corrective surgeries done. Although I know that even the corrective surgeries to make girls with CAH's genitals appear more normal, are not always the best for the girl, especially when Doc's just go chopping away at her clit.
But I unfortunately was not even that lucky. The Doc's who pronounced my birth suggested these surgeries to my parents (a fact I only very recently found out, thanks to birth records I received. My farther refused them and told the Doc that, and I quote, "If he was going to raise that thing, it would be a boy". The Docs who pronounced my birth denied him those options, but he did eventually find Docs who would work with his twisted ideas of what I should be. Including Testosterone injections for as long as I can remember, well until I was 16 and finally escaped my parents house.
My farther was very abusive in many ways, and my mother did not help matters any. Until I was like 13, everyone in my family referred to me as 'it'... my mother said it was to make me feel more accepted for being different. I've been fighting these demons since I escaped my parents house (which is a whole other story), but I'm just wondering if there are any other girls here with CAH, who have similar experiences. Mainly being forced by their parents to fit into a male role, including the incorrect surgeries, or anything like that.
Take care,
Katie