SURGEONS have carried out the UK’s first womb transplant with a living donor, implanting a woman with her sister’s uterus. The unnamed patient, 34, was not able to have children herself…
“I'm really happy that we've got a donor who is completely back to normal after her big op and the recipient is doing really well.”
The patient had eggs frozen before the procedure and is now taking medication to stop her body rejecting the womb before she can try fertility treatment with her husband.The first baby born after this procedure was in 2013 in Sweden but it remains uncommon. Another surgeon on the UK op, Isabel Quiroga of the Oxford Transplant Centre, said: “Her womb is functioning perfectly and we are monitoring her progress very closely.”, which can cause women to have an underdeveloped vagina and womb, or no womb at all.
Both parties had to have counselling, consultations and approval from the Human Tissue Authority before the op went ahead. Miss Quiroga said: “The reason why we're waiting and not going straight for IVF is because we want to make sure she's stable and the transplant is stable.”
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