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Or those who lose their organ to cancer or other conditions, as our medical editor fergus walsh reports. a uk first as surgeons transplant a womb into a 34 year old woman, donated by her 40 year old sister. the surgery in next door operating theatres at the churchill hospital in oxford in february lasted around 17 hours. it was an amazing day, absolutely amazing. these two surgeons led a team of more than 30. they recall the reaction of the younger sister when she came round. she was absolutely over the moon. there were a lot of tears, a lot of emotion. she was very, very happy. and the donor probably was even happier, because she had some time to recover from the anesthesia. so it was a veryjoyous moment for everybody. the recipient was born without a normal uterus, but with functioning ovaries.
So it was a veryjoyous moment for everybody. the recipient was born without a normal uterus, but with functioning ovaries. with her husband, she already has eight embryos in storage and could go on to have two pregnancies, after which her sister s womb will be removed so she can stop taking powerful drugs that prevent her body rejecting the transplant. so she s doing really, really well. she has started having menstrual periods and that means her prospects of having a baby are very high. she needs to stay on immunosuppressive therapy and to be closely monitored. and we hope to be doing an embryo transfer in the autumn. in 2014, a woman in sweden became the first to have a baby after a womb transplant. since then, around 100 transplants have been performed worldwide with 50 babies born. the surgical team here is funded by a charity, womb transplant uk,
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