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‘A little miracle’: First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb 

Fergus Walsh Medical editor A “miracle” baby girl has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb. The baby’s mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister’s womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK’s only successful womb transplant. Two years after that ...

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Woman receives sister’s womb in first UK transplant

Image caption, A 34-year-old woman received her sister’s womb in the first transplant of its kind in the UK By Fergus Walsh Surgeons in Oxford have carried out the first womb transplant in the UK.  The recipient was a 34-year-old woman, and the donor her 40-year-old sister, both of whom wish to remain anonymous. Doctors say both recovered well from surgery ...

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