First Birth By Womb Transplant Recipient

First Birth By Womb Transplant Recipient

This Saturday marked another first in the medical field as a Swedish woman became the world’s first womb transplant recipient that gave birth. The doctors that coordinated the birth and transplant said the feat marks a breakthrough as huge numbers of infertile women now have the possibility to give birth.

The Swedish woman, who is in her mid-to-late 30s, gave birth to a healthy baby boy by cesarean back in September, just two years after receiving a uterus from an unrelated 61-year-old donor. The Swede was only one of the 7 women who underwent the womb transplant procedure so far, with most women receiving the womb from their mothers.

Mats Brannstrom, the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Gothenburg told the press that there are several other women who underwent the womb transplant procedure and are now pregnant, some being as far along as 28 weeks.

Brannstrom also added that other hospitals from Western European countries, the United States, Australia or China were waiting to see the results of the study performed by the Gothenburg University before beginning their own programs.

An ethical debate has already started with some people questioning the need for such a procedure when couples with this problem can simply adopt.

Posted by George Daniels on Saturday October 04 2014, 2:14 PM EST. Ref: reuters. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, Health. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0