‘MIRACLE BABY’ ARRIVES: Mother in UK with transplanted womb gives birth

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A BABY girl became the first child in the United Kingdom (UK) to be born to a mother using a donated womb.

The baby is touted as a “miracle baby” as the 36-year-old mother, Grace Davidson, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister's womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK's only successful womb transplant, a report by BBC said.

Two years after the pioneering womb transplant, Grace gave birth to her first child in February.

She and her husband, Angus, 37, named their daughter Amy after Grace's sister, who donated her womb.

"It was quite overwhelming because we'd never really let ourselves imagine what it would be like for her to be here. It was really wonderful," Grace said in the report.

The parents, who live in north London but are originally from Scotland, are hoping to have a second child using the transplanted womb.

The couple initially opted to remain anonymous, but following the safe arrival of baby Amy are now speaking to the BBC about their "little miracle".

The BBC report stated that the surgical team carried out three further womb transplants using deceased donors since Grace's transplant. They aim to carry out a total of 15 as part of a clinical trial.

Grace was born with a rare condition, Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, where the womb is missing or underdeveloped, but with functioning ovaries.