First Mother-to-Daughter Uterine Transplant

 This is an astonishing advancement.  It is also so touching to think of mothers donating their wombs so that their daughters might beome mothers.  Science, selflessness, surrogacy. 

(CNN) -- Two Swedish women have received new wombs donated by their mothers in the first mother-to-daughter uterine transplants, officials said.

The first woman had her uterus removed years ago because of surgery for cervical cancer, according to the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The second woman was born without a uterus. Neither woman was identified by the university.

The operations were conducted Saturday and Sunday at the university's Sahlgrenska Hospital, said Dr. Michael Olausson, surgeon and professor.

"So far, the procedures have been a success, but the final proof of success will be the birth of a healthy child," Olausson told CNN.

In vitro procedures were performed on both women -- who are in their 30s -- before the operations, said university spokesman Krister Svahn. Their harvested eggs were fertilized and the embryos frozen. 

 

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