4 h. ago Her sacrifice was the most selfless thing I've ever known: Couple who have a baby daughter after womb transplant from sister tearfully tell how their dream was fulfilled after 17 years

To the outside world it's an astonishing medical breakthrough, but to Grace and Angus Davidson the birth of their daughter represents something infinitely more precious.

Science

4 h. ago Girl becomes first baby in UK to be born from womb transplant in 'huge milestone'

Baby Amy was born by planned NHS Caesarean section at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital

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4 h. ago 'Hard to believe': The extraordinary first UK baby born from a womb transplant thanks to Scottish donor

It is more than 15 years since Professor Richard Smith presented his rabbit study on womb transplants to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in Atlanta in the US.

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4 h. ago Medical breakthrough as baby born after UK’s first womb transplant gives hope to thousands

"It is a transplant that is totally life-enhancing, life-transforming and, of course, life-creating – and that is magnificent"

Science

6 h. ago 'I gave my sister a womb, now she's the first UK woman to give birth after the transplant'

A selfless donation by Amy Purdie, who lives in Scotland, helped make medical history as her sister became the first woman in the UK to give birth after a womb transplant.

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6 h. ago Girl named Amy becomes first baby in the UK born from a womb transplant

The news gives hope to thousands of women born without a womb or whose womb fails to function.

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6 h. ago Baby girl 'doing really well' after being first born in UK from womb transplant

Baby Amy Isabel was born at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London on February 27, after her mum received a uterus from her older sister two years ago

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6 h. ago Girl becomes first baby in the UK born from a womb transplant

The news gives hope to thousands of women born without a womb or whose womb fails to function

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6 h. ago Miracle baby girl born after womb transplant in groundbreaking UK first

Baby Amy Isabel was born after her mother Grace Davidson received a womb transplant

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6 h. ago Surgeons behind pioneering womb transplant ‘shed tears’ at delivery of miracle baby Amy

Professor Richard Smith worked on womb transplant research for 15 years before the birth of baby Amy Isobel in February

Science

6 h. ago The science behind the UK’s first baby born from a womb transplant

Grace Davidson, 36, gave birth to daughter Amy Isabel in February

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6 h. ago Baby’s birth after UK’s first womb transplant a ‘huge milestone’, experts say

Grace Davidson received the organ from her sister, Amy, in the UK’s first womb transplant in 2023.

Science

6 h. ago Womb transplant surgeons ‘shed tears’ at delivery of first baby

Professor Richard Smith and Isabel Quiroga have pioneered womb transplants in the UK.

Science

6 h. ago Birth following UK’s first womb transplant gives hope to thousands of women

Experts believe a maximum of 20 to 30 womb transplants per year could be carried out in the UK in the future.

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7 h. ago Woman becomes first UK womb transplant recipient to give birth

Grace Davidson gives birth to baby Amy Isabel after receiving her sister’s womb in 2023Surgeons are hailing an “astonishing” medical breakthrough as a woman became the first in the UK to give birth after a womb transplant.Grace Davidson, 36, who was a teenager when diagnosed with a rare condition that meant she did not have a uterus, said she and her husband, Angus, 37, had been given “the greatest gift we could ever have asked for”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago First baby born in UK born after womb transplant and donor aunt's 'ultimate act of love'

Amy Isabel Davidson was born after her mum became the first woman in the UK to successfully undergo a womb transplant in 2023 - the culmination of 25 years of painstaking research

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8 h. ago British woman becomes first in the country to give birth to a baby after a womb transplant

Grace Davidson, 36, who was born without a womb and husband Angus, 37, have welcomed their baby into the world after her sister, Amy, donated her womb.

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3 d. ago Is the cost of living crisis contributing to a childless London?

The capital’s families are shrinking, as new data confirms that young women will have less children than previous generations. Why, and what does it mean for our city?

Events

1 week ago Proposal to automatically give babies mother’s surname ignites row in Italy

Politician says idea would be ‘compensation for centuries-old injustice’ of children being assigned father’s nameAn Italian politician has proposed a law that would make it automatic for babies to be assigned their mother’s surname at birth, a step that would mark a rupture with a centuries-old tradition and has sparked a fiery debate.Dario Franceschini, a former culture minister from the centre-left Democratic party, argues that such legislation would “right a historic wrong”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago My WOMB was removed during a botched £14,000 surgery and I was left in agony after plastic tube was left inside me... I had blood clots the size of my hand coming out of my body

Cath Kendall, 36, has spent most days of the last three years depressed, bedbound and in agonising pain after the horror surgery caused blood clots the size of her hand to fall out of her body.

Economics