Medical first: Baby born to woman who got new womb
Source: AP-Excite
By MARIA CHENG
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."
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This April 11, 2014 photo made available by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden shows Mats Brannstrom and his team performing a womb transplant. 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, Oct. 3, 2014. 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." (AP Photo/University of Gothenburg, Johan Wingborg)
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Orrex
(63,220 posts)Great story!
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Now let's transplant one of them into a man and see what happens!!
newfie11
(8,159 posts)Rozlee
(2,529 posts)I know. Not a current office holder, but I would love to see it. Or any of those Republicans who think rape is a blessing or a gift from god.
Still a great choice.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)Or they would have to change their whole policy on women but it would be great.
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,852 posts)littlemissmartypants
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