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Cole Mercer

Fibroids Sent a Reality Star to a Hysterectomy This Year, and Her Path There Is Far From Unusual

Michelle Le, who married a stranger on camera for the twentieth season of Married at First Sight, said in an interview released ahead of the season reunion that she had a hysterectomy in May after years of severe uterine fibroids. She can no longer carry a pregnancy. She and her husband Cameron Mitchell say they plan to look into surrogacy this fall.

Le, a 34-year-old program manager from Seattle, froze her eggs at 26 because of fibroids. She told TODAY that she spent roughly eight years trying to preserve her fertility before the surgery, describing her case as bad enough that the decision was effectively made for her.

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