ABC News anchor Linsey Davis has opened up about her health struggles for the first time in a vulnerable moment on air.

Davis, 47, will undergo a hysterectomy after years of pain caused by tumors on her uterus, she revealed on her show.

She spoke about her painful battle with uterine fibroids in a sit-down conversation with singer Tamar Braxton, model Cynthia Bailey, and gynecologist Dr. Soyini Hawkins on Monday.

Davis, a Good Morning America correspondent, has suffered through painful menstrual cycles, fatigue, and bloating due to the noncancerous growths.

Uterine fibroids are growths on the uterus wall made up of muscle and connective tissue. They can cause bleeding and heavy pressure.

The condition is more common in Black women than in white women, according to the Office on Women’s Health.

While fibroids can be treated with birth control and medications, the only known cure is a hysterectomy, a surgery that removes the uterus.

Davis said that on Friday, she will undergo the major surgery after years of suffering from the condition.

“I guess I just want to be final. You just want to be finished,” Davis said.

“It causes me enough angst and grief, and, you know, planning my day differently, accordingly, that I really feel like I’m ready to be finished with this journey.”

Davis said she wasn’t initially sure if she was ready to share her health journey with viewers, but decided to do the segment to raise awareness to help other women.

She spoke to the three women “to explore more about this often taboo topic and why so many women suffer in silence.”

Davis said she went through severe bouts with the condition while on air and was forced to smile through the pain.

She said her bloating caused speculation from viewers as she appeared on TV to cover the news as the anchor of ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis and weekend anchor of World News Tonight.

Her tipping point was when rumors started to swirl online that she was pregnant after wearing a tight dress around her bloated stomach while co-hosting the Oscars pre-show in March.

“It was such an embarrassing moment … but it is a pouch that, you know, happens,” Davis told Bailey and Braxton.

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Bailey shared, “I stayed on the celebrity baby bump alert. Like I was always giving, I was pregnant with imaginary children because of my fibroids.

“And I was shutting down on rumors, I was like, ‘I’m not pregnant, I have fibroids.'”

Davis said she first learned she had fibroids 13 years ago, when her doctor warned her she may have a difficult time getting pregnant.

However, she gave birth to her son Ayden with husband Paul Roberts in 2014.

She then had surgery to have her fibroids removed in 2020, but about 18 months ago, she discovered they had returned.

After careful research and meeting with doctors, she decided to have her uterus removed.

She explained that she doesn’t want to have any more kids, which is the only reason she would have preserved her organ.

“I’m excited to be able to live my life without having to schedule and plan and worry and be anxious that I’m gonna have this heavy bleeding and excessive bloating and this uncomfortable menstrual cycle every month,” Davis said.

“I feel confident that my life will be better.”