Tuesday 08 April/2025 – 01:53 PM
The doctors ’team from Queen Charlotte and Chelsea in the British capital, London, announced the birth of the first child in the country after her mother underwent a uterine transplant for several years, which represents a major shift in the field of reproductive medicine and gives hope to thousands of women who are not able to get pregnant.
The success of the first birth in Britain after the cultivation of a womb
According to the British newspaper The Times, the child Amy Isabelle Davidson was born with a cesarean section of her 36 -year -old Grace Davidson, who underwent uterine cultivation in 2023 donated by her older sister Amy Borde, after suffering the Mayr Rockskanski syndrome, Couster Huser, a rare condition in which women are born without a womb.
The operation took place as part of a pilot program subject to the supervision of Dr. Richard Smith, head of the UK ADA, saying: After 25 years of research and work, we have finally had a child born from the uterus of planted. It is amazing by all accounts.
The father of the child, Angos Davidson, pointed out that the moment of her birth was full of love and joy, stressing that the family members did not hold themselves from crying in this unique event.
Although the girl was born several weeks before her date, her health condition is good and her weight at birth was 4.5 pounds, which confirms the success of the medical experience in all its aspects.
Treating infertility cases caused by the absence of the uterus
This birth is seen as an advanced step in treating infertility cases resulting from the absence of the uterus, as the technique of agriculture provides the opportunity for women who could not become pregnant naturally, and the cost of the uterine transplant is estimated at about 30 thousand pounds, and is not currently funded by the British National Health Services Authority due to considered an experimental procedure, but the authority has covered the costs of pregnancy and the birth of Grace after confirmation Prisoner of pregnancy.
Experts expect the UK in the future to be able to perform between 20 to 30 uterine transplants annually, while emphasizing the importance of taking immunosuppressive medications after planting to avoid the body’s rejection of the implanted organ.
This birth comes within the framework of increasingly global progress in this field, after Sweden witnessed the first successful birth after uterine cultivation in 2014, after which the experiments resulted in the birth of about 50 children around the world.
For her part, Kate Bernoorth, Director General of the Hospital Nursing Department, described this birth as an important moment in the history of the National Health Authority, and evidence of continued progress and innovation in providing advanced medical care to patients.
