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News: Baby born after womb transplant
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Baby born after womb transplant
The 4lb baby boy born from a donated womb: First ever baby is born after a transplant cures mother's infertility - and procedure could replace surrogacy, say doctors
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The birth of a baby boy from a womb transplant could bring an end to the woes of women unable to have children naturally, doctors have said.
The world's first successful womb transplant saw the birth of the child in Gothenberg, Sweden, last month after years of tireless research.
His birth was only revealed by doctors yesterday as both he and his 36-year-old mother are in good health.
And with British experts planning to carry out the procedure as early as next summer, a leading gynecologist has said the revolutionary surgery could become as popular as surrogacy among infertile women.
Another six women who took part in the groundbreaking project at Gothenburg University are pregnant – and their doctor says their chances of giving birth are good. The boy’s mother, who has not been named, was one of nine women to be given a new uterus.
In five cases, the donor was the woman's mother – meaning the same womb could carry two generations of the same family.
In this instance, the new womb came from an unrelated woman, a mother of two, who was long past the menopause.
Professor Brannstrom, who has spent more than a decade perfecting the complex gynaecological techniques needed, said: ‘It gives us scientific evidence that the concept of uterus transplantation can be used to treat uterine factor infertility, which has remained the last untreatable form of female infertility.’
A woman’s own eggs are used in the procedure meaning the baby will be genetically her own. Critics of the procedure include fertility expert Lord Winston, who says the risks are too great and some women should accept they can’t bear children.
The world’s first womb transplant was in Saudi Arabia in 2000 but the woman’s body rejected the organ after four months.
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So happy for her! 
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That's great for her, but am I the only one who feels like it's a bit over-the-top?  While it's obviously nice to have a child that is biologically your own, there are millions of babies or children in need of loving families. Is it really better to go through a damn womb transplant than to adopt? 
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Originally posted by Vespertine
That's great for her, but am I the only one who feels like it's a bit over-the-top? While it's obviously nice to have a child that is biologically your own, there are millions of babies or children in need of loving families. Is it really better to go through a damn womb transplant than to adopt? |
Some people would love to have children of their own. I do think adoption is a great thing, but I don't think I can do it.
It's always been my dream to have a little me running around and giving me a headache.
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Originally posted by Vespertine
That's great for her, but am I the only one who feels like it's a bit over-the-top? While it's obviously nice to have a child that is biologically your own, there are millions of babies or children in need of loving families. Is it really better to go through a damn womb transplant than to adopt? |
Adoption is such a tedious and grueling process. Why do you think so many people adopt overseas? The bureaucratic route taken in some countries is so ridiculous and expensive, it's easier and less time consuming to use a surrogate.
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Originally posted by Vespertine
That's great for her, but am I the only one who feels like it's a bit over-the-top? While it's obviously nice to have a child that is biologically your own, there are millions of babies or children in need of loving families. Is it really better to go through a damn womb transplant than to adopt? |
Some people just really want their own baby. 
I have 2 sisters who I know would be devastated if they couldn't get pregnant and aren't really here for adoption.
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Originally posted by Vespertine
That's great for her, but am I the only one who feels like it's a bit over-the-top? While it's obviously nice to have a child that is biologically your own, there are millions of babies or children in need of loving families. Is it really better to go through a damn womb transplant than to adopt? |
i mean it's probably easier to get a uterus implant than it is to adopt from a lot of countries
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Originally posted by Vespertine
That's great for her, but am I the only one who feels like it's a bit over-the-top? While it's obviously nice to have a child that is biologically your own, there are millions of babies or children in need of loving families. Is it really better to go through a damn womb transplant than to adopt? |
I think you're being over the top judgemental. Just be grateful that medicine and technology has progressed so far that a woman with a womb that wouldn't let her successfully conceive in the past is able to be given another one and not only conceive but give birth to a healthy child. That is awe worthy in itself and doesn't need your disdain.
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Adoption is such a tedious and grueling process. Why do you think so many people adopt overseas? The bureaucratic route taken in some countries is so ridiculous and expensive, it's easier and less time consuming to use a surrogate.
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Um is my post about surrogacy? No, it's about a womb transplant. Unless you also mean that a womb transplant is less tedious and grueling than adoption?
I'm well-acquainted with the adoption process and I'm 99% sure that an organ transplant is a more ridiculous process. Like I said, good for those mothers, but I can't believe people would rather go through non-vital surgery with the risk of rejection and then spend the rest of their lives taking immunosuppressants (unless they have an option of getting it removed later?) rather than adopt.
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I wonder how many gheys would take wombs transplants if they could get them to have babies 
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while its nice this woman can now have babies of her own etc i do think the larger issue of there being so many kids already with no families is (more) important, as someone mentioned earlier...
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"Gothenberg" bye 
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Originally posted by Vespertine
That's great for her, but am I the only one who feels like it's a bit over-the-top? While it's obviously nice to have a child that is biologically your own, there are millions of babies or children in need of loving families. Is it really better to go through a damn womb transplant than to adopt? |
I agree. If you want a child so bad adopt one of the many who need a home and loving family. I have no sympathy for people who turn their noses at adoption, when all signs point to them not being able to have one naturally. You obviously don't want to be a parent that bad. A child doesn't need to share your genes for them to be yours.
I understand there are hurdles and it's an expense, but so is raising a child.
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"Gothenberg" bye |
truly the most irrelevant city in sweden
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I agree. If you want a child so bad adopt one of the many who need a home and loving family. I have no sympathy for people who turn their noses at adoption, when all signs point to them not being able to have one naturally. You obviously don't want to be a parent that bad. A child doesn't need to share your genes for them to be yours.
I understand there are hurdles and it's an expense, but so is raising a child.
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lmao, going through with a womb transplant - literally an organ transplant - means you don't want to be a parent that bad?
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lmao, going through with a womb transplant - literally an organ transplant - means you don't want to be a parent that bad?
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No it means you are doing too much. Going through such an unnecessary procedure when you don't have the ability naturally, is overboard. Especially when there are children you can adopt without putting yourself through pain, and possibly death, for something that isn't a definite. You don't want to be a parent THAT bad if you can't humble yourself and adopt a needing child.
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