Woman Without Womb Gives Birth to Boy in Medical First
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A woman born without a uterus because of a genetic condition has given birth to a healthy baby boy following a womb transplant, a medical first, according to the journal Lancet.
The 36-year-old Swedish woman received a donated uterus from a 61-year-old family friend, who had gone through menopause seven years earlier. The baby was conceived using eggs from the patient, whose ovaries were intact, through in-vitro fertilization using her partner’s sperm, according to the report. The infant boy was born healthy last month weighing 3.9 (1.8 kilograms) pounds.