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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nico Lethbridge

Woman went through menopause at age 15 after being born without ovaries

Jolene is hoping to have children in the future - (Collect/PA Real Life)

A woman who discovered she was born without ovaries when she went through menopause at 15 has said she is willing to "break" her family finances to become a mother.

Jolene McCaw, 41, from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, began experiencing hot flushes as a teenager and assumed it was the start of puberty.

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