Turkish Uterus Transplant Patient Is Pregnant

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 How completely amazing is this?  Very!

The first woman to have a successful uterus transplant from a cadaveric donor is pregnant, a hospital in southern Turkey said.
Derya Sert, 22, who was born without a womb, had been receiving in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment after the transplant in August 2011."Early test results are consistent with pregnancy. The patient is in good health at the moment.
We will continue to update on developments in the coming period," Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey's Mediterranean city of Antalya said in a statement.
One in every 5 000 women globally is born without a womb, while thousands more have the organ removed due to cancer or other diseases, leaving them unable to get pregnant.
 

http://www.health24.com/Parenting/Pregnancy/News/Turkish-uterus-transplant-patient-is-pregnant-20130417

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. 

 

Read the entire article here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/19/health/uterine-transplant/index.html