“We have been given the greatest gift we could ever have asked for.”
So said Grace Davidson, the first woman in the UK to give birth after undergoing a womb transplant. The 36-year-old was born without a uterus, but received her sister’s in 2023: the UK’s first successful womb transplant from a living donor.
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Why are womb transplants necessary?
Where else have they been performed?
What is Grace’s story?
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