{"id":53876,"date":"2014-10-06T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=53876"},"modified":"2014-10-06T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T11:57:00","slug":"first-womb-transplant-baby-born-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/first-womb-transplant-baby-born-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"First womb-transplant baby born in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"
A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical first, doctors report.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old mother, who was born without a uterus, received a donated womb from a friend in her 60s.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The British medical journal The Lancet says the baby was born prematurely in September weighing 1.8kg (3.9lb). The father said his son was “amazing”.<\/p>\n Cancer treatment and birth defects are the main reasons women can be left without a functioning womb.<\/p>\n If they want a child of their own, their only option is surrogacy.<\/p>\n Medical marvel<\/strong><\/p>\n The identity of the couple in Sweden has not been released, but it is known the mother still had functioning ovaries.<\/p>\n The couple went through IVF to produce 11 embryos, which were frozen. Doctors at the University of Gothenburg then performed the womb transplant.<\/p>\n