Gessie Thompson

According to statistics, 70 percent of White women and 90 percent of Black women have had fibroids by age fifty. As a result of the often times debilitating condition, more than 200,000 hysterectomies are performed each year for uterine fibroids.

Many African-American women have experienced the impact of fibroids, which can cause weight gain, painful menstrual cycles, infertility, and other serious health-related issues. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, up to 80 percent of African-American women will develop fibroids in her lifetime. Gessie Thompson, a fibroids awareness advocate, fertility coach, and author of Hope Beyond […]