Inside Hannah Brown’s Recovery After Surgery for a Uterine Abnormality
The Bachelor alum Hannah Brown, 31, got candid about recovery after surgery to correct an abnormal uterus, revealing in a Monday Instagram video that she finally went through with the long-delayed procedure — and is leaning on adult diapers and matching pajamas to get through it.
Hannah Brown just did the not-fun, very-adult thing she has been putting off: surgery to fix a uterine issue that could affect her ability to have kids. She is fine, home, and yes, already making jokes about adult diapers and matching pajamas.
What she shared
On Monday, April 27, the 31-year-old former Bachelorette posted a video update on Instagram, saying she finally went through with a procedure she had delayed. The clip shows her in bed in cozy PJs, someone off-camera handing over a glass and a can of soda, and it ’s set to Justin Bieber’s song "Everything Hallelujah." The vibe is equal parts relief and rallying cry: she’s entering what she calls her family- planning era, one practical step at a time.
The medical piece, quickly
Brown says a few years back, after getting diagnosed with PCOS and doing her first ultrasound, doctors told her she had an atypical uterus. At first, they suspected uterus didelphys (two separate uterine cavities). Later, that was corrected to a bicorporeal septate uterus - in plain English, there’s a partition that splits her uterus into two sections. That setup can make pregnancy harder, but the key thing here: it’s usually fixable with surgery, which is exactly what she just had.
She’s known for a while she’d need to take care of it before trying for kids with her husband, Adam Woolard. They got married in July 2025.
Why now
Life happened in between: cross-country move, writing books, planning a wedding, buying a house. Family planning wasn’t top of the to-do list. She still isn’t sure she’s ready to be a mom today, but the surgery felt like the right first move.
"I still don’t know if I’m ready (does anyone ever fully feel ready?!) but it felt like time to take a first step - and this was that for me."
Recovery update
Brown says recovery has been smooth so far, and she’s been well taken care of by her parents and by Woolard (she gave him a shoutout by handle, @admandew). She also made a point to say she’s lucky her condition was caught early - plenty of women walk through loss and disappointment before anyone gives them answers, and that’s not lost on her. She thanked everyone who has shared their own stories and encouraged her to tell hers.
Her video captions hit the same mix of relief and humor, basically tallying up the small wins:
- Finally doing the thing she put off for years
- Surgery went well
- Officially in her family-planning era
- Her mom stepped up like a superhero
- Matching PJ sets are carrying the team
- Disposable underwear: unexpectedly clutch
- Naps and Netflix: also medicine
Flashback to last year
Back in May 2025, on Maria Menounos’ "Heal Squad" podcast, Brown first revealed the "double uterus" discovery alongside her PCOS diagnosis. She said she wasn’t ready to have kids yet and didn’t want the extra stress of tackling a medical procedure right then. Long-term, though, she does want to be a mom - she talked about wanting to get married first, not sitting around just waiting for it to happen, but believing she’ll want that experience when it’s the right time. Now, post-wedding and post-surgery, she’s lining up the pieces so the choice is hers when she gets there.