‘RHOA’s Porsha Williams reveals she lost her uterus in life-saving surgery

Porsha Williams is opening up about the emergency surgery that ended her ability to carry another child.

The "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star revealed during a Friday, Sept. 18, appearance on "CBS Mornings"⁠ that she underwent a partial hysterectomy in May after doctors discovered 21 uterine fibroids. Williams, 45, said the largest was approximately the size of a cantaloupe.

The reality star was first diagnosed with fibroids in her late 20s. She said a fibroid continued growing during a pregnancy and contributed to a miscarriage at four months. Williams later welcomed daughter Pilar Jhena in March 2019.

Uterine fibroids are muscular growths that develop in or around the uterus and are almost always noncancerous, according to the Cleveland Clinic⁠. Symptoms can include heavy menstrual bleeding, frequent urination, back pain and pain during sex.

The rediagnosis came as Williams was considering expanding her family. She told host Gayle King that she had imagined giving her 7-year-old daughter a younger sibling.

The beauty businesswoman said she accompanied a friend to an appointment about freezing her eggs and asked the fertility doctor, whom she already knew, to examine her as well.

The doctor's reaction immediately raised concerns.

"She started looking into doing the…

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