Reports say, over 100 women have been identified as potential recipients of donor wombs and if the procedures are successful, the first British baby born as a result of a womb transplant could be delivered in late 2017 or early 2018.
The trial which is expected to be a six-hour operation will use deceased donors.
The babies will however have to be delivered via caesarean section.
This is hopefully a medical solution to uterus lost to cancer or Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome (also called Müllerian agenesis): a condition which causes the vagina and uterus to be underdeveloped or completely absent.
This is hopefully a medical solution to uterus lost to cancer or Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome (also called Müllerian agenesis): a condition which causes the vagina and uterus to be underdeveloped or completely absent.
Although surrogacy is an option for most couples, the deep desire a woman has, to carry her own baby can be provided by a womb transplant. Besides, some countries do not allow surrogacy.
In 2014, a 36-year old woman in Sweden gave birth to a baby boy after receiving a family friend's womb about a year earlier.
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