Lena shared the revealing images with an emotional message (Picture: Instagram/Lena Dunham)

Lena Dunham has shared an emotional message alongside naked pictures nine months after her hysterectomy.

The 32-year-old, who had the operation in December after suffering for years with endometriosis, said the occasion felt bittersweet.

She explained that the date was particularly poignant as nine months is the length of time a woman carries a baby before birth – and ‘I won’t ever do it the way I planned to.’

The Girls creator then went on to admit that, despite her sadness, the operation felt like the right decision for her.


‘My body is mostly healed and every day I find a new bruise on my heart, but today I offer myself gratitude: from the most pained place, I somehow knew to choose myself,’ she wrote.



‘The purest glint of who we are and know we can be is always available to us, calm and true at our center. My friend Paul named my uterus Judy, and when she was being uppity we called her out, hence the tattoo on my ribs, which hurt like fuck even through the pain meds.

‘Today I give thanks for Judy, for her graceful exit and for this body, which is stronger than I’ve ever given it credit for. Happy Giving Birth To Myself Day.’

The message was posted alongside three naked pictures.

In an essay for Vogue this February, Lena looked to the future when she said: ‘Adoption is a thrilling truth I’ll pursue with all my might. But I wanted that stomach.

‘I wanted to know what nine months of complete togetherness could feel like. I was meant for the job, but I didn’t pass the interview. And that’s OK. It really is.’

Earlier this week Lena also revealed a list of baby names that she and ex Jack Antonoff came up with in 2005.

Going public with a picture of the list on Twitter on Monday night, Lena wrote: ‘Hey @jackantonoff I just found a potential baby name list we made in 2015. ‘I could definitely keep this private, but then the world wouldn’t know that you suggested “Carrot” over and over… Love u!!! (sic)’

Hey @jackantonoff I just found a potential baby name list we made in 2015. I could definitely keep this private, but then the world wouldn’t know that you suggested “Carrot” over and over… Love u!!! pic.twitter.com/ATWAV7KIC9 — Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) August 13, 2018

MORE: Liam Payne confirms romance with model Cairo Dwek as they kiss and hold hands in public

MORE: Joe Jonas has got Goosebumps as he heads for lunch with fiancee Sophie Turner