Medical first: Swedish woman gives birth after having womb transplant

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LONDON (AP)  In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said Friday.

The 36-year-old mother received a uterus from a close family friend last year. Her baby boy was born prematurely but healthy last month, and mother and child are now at home and doing well. The identities of the woman and her husband were not disclosed.

"The baby is fantastic," said Dr. Mats Brannstrom, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Gothenburg and Stockholm IVF who led the research and delivered the baby with the help of his wife, a midwife. "But it is even better to see the joy in the parents and how happy he made them."

Brannstrom said it was "still sinking in that we have actually done it."

The feat opens up a new but still experimental alternative for some of the thousands of women each year who are unable to have children because they lost a uterus to cancer or were born without one. Before this case proved the concept can work, some experts had questioned whether a transplanted womb would be able to nourish a fetus.

Others have questioned whether such an extreme step  expensive and fraught with medical risks  would even be a realistic option for many women.

Dr. Glenn Schattman, past president of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies and a Cornell University fertility specialist, said womb transplants are likely to remain very uncommon.

"This would not be done unless there were no other options," he said. "It requires a very long surgery and not without risk and complications."

For the proud parents, the years of research and experimentation were well worth the wait.

"It was a pretty tough journey over the years, but we now have the most amazing baby," the father said in a telephone interview. "He is very, very cute, and he doesn't even scream, he just murmurs."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/world-first-baby-born-woman-got-womb-194348400.html

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Would it possible for a transs-xual woman (from man to woman) to have the female reproduction parts by means of a transplant? I've always wondered 

[xoxo cupcakke 4,781]

Would it possible for a transs-xual woman (from man to woman) to have the female reproduction parts by means of a transplant? I've always wondered 

I was kind of thinking the same thing but I figure that there would need to be rearranging of s-x organs before that can happen and I feel like that it most likely will be possible but it will take a while. 

 

EDIT: I should add rearranging of the internal s-x organs because external genitalia can definitely be manipulated but it's just about what goes on the inside because isn't the penis turned inside out in gender reassignment surgeries for MTFs? Also men don't have fillopian tubes so first they need to figure how to add those tubes into the body of a man without them being rejected along with the uterus

[HANZ 4,380]

those doctos think they are god I see

[Yoshi 35]

those doctos think they are god I see

 

what an ignorant comment

[HANZ 4,380]

what an ignorant comment

do you even know what sarcasm is?

look it up

[Yoshi 35]

do you even know what sarcasm is?

look it up

 

because you made it so obvious right !!

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Waiting for the religious fanatics to enter this thread and make a mess

 

 

My country slays as always tho love it when sciene and medicine helps people

[Skylight 911]

Would it possible for a transs-xual woman (from man to woman) to have the female reproduction parts by means of a transplant? I've always wondered 

Google search 'Lili Elbe'

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because you made it so obvious right !!

lol at you thinking I was serious with a comment like that

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Amazing Look what science is doing!

 

Imagine where we'll be in another 10 years.