Womb transplant surgeries offer hope

[caitlin_adams]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/womb-transplant-surgeries-offer-hope-20120919-266y4.html

Stephen Adams via Telegraph, London

TWO women have been given hope of having children after surgeons in Sweden performed the world's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants.

In what was described as an ''exciting'' breakthrough, the two unnamed Swedish women, both in their 30s, received wombs from their mothers.

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One of the daughters had her uterus removed many years ago during surgery for cervical cancer, while the other was born without the organ.



This is amazing. One day, XY women born with gender incongruence will be able to carry their own babies to term. This means that once societal attitudes change, if diagnosed and treated pre-puberty, women born with male-typical bodies will be able to live lives the same as women born gender congruent. The only thing they'll need to give birth is an egg donor.

People of the future won't have to suffer as much as many of us have had to suffer! This is wonderful news.

[TheDragonsHeart]

If news like this keeps happening the maybe one day people who are pre=mtf and pre=ftm can donate parts of their bodies they don't want to those who do. It can seem silly but I had a friend in high school who was asexual who wished he could just give me his genitals since he never planned to use them. But we knew it wouldn't be possible because of medical complications that have yet to be resolved with such a surgery. Thanks for sharing this!

[AnOwlForTara]

That is really amazing news. My fiance and I were just talking about how it would be awesome if transsexual people could "trade" genitals, but we didn't think that they could do any kind of transplants for uteri yet. I really hope that we can overcome the stigma against people so that this research can be done soon.

[yasuko14]

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OMG there IS hope!