First UK baby born from transplanted womb

For the first time in the UK, a baby has been born from a transplanted uterus. When part of a person's body is not working properly, it can sometimes be replaced with the same part from another person.

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New mum Grace Davidson had a condition that meant that her uterus (also called a womb) did not develop properly. Babies grow in the uterus during pregnancy, so Davidson was not able to carry a baby. Davidson's sister Amy Purdie has two children and offered to donate her uterus to her sister. In 2023, doctors removed Purdie's ut