Woman Donates Her Own Womb To Her 21-Year-Old Daughter Born Without Uterus

There is nothing like a mother's love for her child.


A woman has donated her
uterus to her 21-year-old
daughter born without uterus in the first surgery
of its kind in India.


The 43-year-old offered to
undergo the procedure so
that her daughter, who was
born without a uterus, can
experience childbirth. The uterus, or womb, transplant took place in the
city of Pune in southwest
India, Thursday. The surgery was performed
by a team of doctors at
Pune's Galaxy Care Hospital
and led by the hospital's
medical director, Dr. Shailesh
Puntambekar. "The patients are fine. The
surgery took nine and a half
hours in total," he said.


"The procedure is difficult
because multiple large
arteries are to be joined there, and veins that are
small and short," said
Puntambekar. "It is
technically very tough." The patient will have to wait
a year before trying to
become pregnant through in-
vitro fertilization (IVF),
giving her body enough time
to heal and adjust to the new uterus. According to Dr. Mats
Brännström, a professor of
obstetrics and gynaecology at
Sweden's University of
Gothenburg, only six babies
have ever been delivered from a uterus transplant —
two from the same mother.

Brännström led the team that
first successfully performed
the procedure in 2014, when
after 11 unsuccessful
attempts worldwide by their
team and others, a healthy baby was born in Sweden. All five babies
delivered since
have been the result of
surgeries performed by the
Swedish team. It remains to be seen whether India's first
transplant will result in a
birth.


Source; CNN