Woman With Uterus Transplant Confirmed Pregnant

Doctors have announced that the woman that received a womb transplant is now pregnant. From RedOrbit:The Turkish woman who, two years ago, became the first person in the world to have a successful womb transplant from a deceased donor is pregnant, various media outlets are reporting.Twenty-two-year-old Derya Sert, who was born without a womb, had been receiving in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments since the successful transplant, which took place in August 2011 at Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey’s southern province of Antalya, the AFP news agency reported on Friday.According to Reuters, the hospital released a statement stating early test results were “consistent with pregnancy” and that Sert was “in good health.”Now it is time to pray for that child. Pray that he or she is born healthy with no complications. We need to pray because even the doctors admit that things may go wrong:“Experts however warn the pregnancy carries several health risks to the patient as well as to the baby, including birth defects due to the use of immunosuppressive drugs as well as preterm delivery.”I think herein lies the problem. This child is the experiment, not part of an experiment, but is the actual experiment. Why else would you transplant a uterus to a woman who was born without one? It is not so she can menstruate for a few years. It is so she can gestate a baby. A baby that had his or her start in a laboratory not in a loving embrace.The idea of a child as the experiment is ...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Reproductive Technologies Source Type: blogs