Uterus Transplants

(Also see Index and Articles transplants)

Worlds first uterus transplant in a human (King Fahad Hospital in Jeddah Saudi Arabia)

From http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/062000/0006038.html Washington Report on Middle East Affairs JUNE 2000, pages 38-41 Issues In The News World's First Uterine Transplant: Four Saudi doctors carried out the world's first successful transplant of a uterus and both fallopian tubes at King Fahad Hospital in Jeddah on April 6. Dr. Wafa Mohammed Faqeeh, the head of the surgical team, said the 15-houroperation was performed on a 26-year-old Saudi woman with a donation from a 47-year-old. Dr. Faqeeh explained that her patient had had her uterus removed during a Caesarian section when her first baby was born six years ago. While Dr. Waffa emphasized that there is no guarantee of success, she has high hopes for a future pregnancy.

There 's more about here in an independent Arab newspaper http://www.arab.net/arabview/article.asp?artID=7

Here's another article which mentions an ob-gyn whose father's life's ambition was to carry out a successful uterine transplant, and he hopes to continue his father's work:http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw081101e.htm
Thanks to Angela

http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/parenting/03/07/womb.transplant/
Thanks to Bonnie

As we now know this one did not end in success. It has to be remove after about three months due to blood clots if I remember correctly. (2002)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1857426.stm BBC article on the above

Sweden

There was an article in the newspaper about a Sweedish team tht have sucesfully done a uterus trnsplant in I think it was rats, they have gone on to have baies. They were hoping to be able to do that in humans within three years. I think the article was publish in 2002.

UPDATE 2 July 2003 page 8 Daily Mail 'Babies from womb transplants within two years?' by Health Correspondent

Rest of the World

I have heard of rumours of transplants in America and hope to obtain more information.

A hospital in England is also working on this, however it may be another 10 years until they are where a lot of us wish them to be.

I am sure that others will be working on this transplant however I do not have any further information.

Abdominal Pregancy

Shortly after this was done to me I was searching the internet and came across information on the above. I will ty to find it again. It was primarily looking at men being able to carry a child however it would definately some of us.