First Baby Girl Born from Transplanted Uterus in Britain

A hospital in London announced that for the first time in Britain, a baby girl was born from a transplanted uterus donated by her aunt to her mother. Amy was born on February 27 at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London. Her birth occurred two years after her mother, Grace Davidson, received the transplanted uterus from her older sister. According to AFP, Amy's mother said, "We have been given the greatest gift we could receive." She expressed hope that "this event could become an amazing reality and provide an additional option for women who cannot become pregnant." Angus Davidson, the father of the newborn from the transplanted uterus, said, "The room was filled with people who helped us on the journey to Amy's birth." He added, "We may have been suppressing our emotions for about 10 years, and you don't know how that happened; it manifested as awkward crying." The hospital stated that 36-year-old Grace Davidson suffers from a rare condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, which resulted in her being born without a suitable uterus. This syndrome leads to the absence or underdevelopment of the uterus and vagina in women, while the ovaries usually function and produce female sex hormones. Grace was the first woman in Britain to receive a uterine transplant, which was donated by her sister Amy Purdy, 42, who has two daughters aged 10 and six. The transplant was performed in February 2023 at the Oxford Transplant Centre, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Richard Smith, a consultant obstetrician who oversees the live donor program in Britain, stated that Amy's birth is "the culmination of over 25 years of research." The first uterine transplant was performed in Sweden in 2013, and since then, over 100 uterine transplants have been conducted worldwide, resulting in approximately 50 healthy babies being born.