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Uterus transplant
#1
Uterus transplant
Awesome or what. Hope it works.

Quote:Two Swedish women could be able to give birth using the wombs in which they were carried, doctors say, hailing the world's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants.

The weekend procedures were completed by more than 10 surgeons at Sweden's University of Gothenburg.

The names of the patients have not been revealed.

Doctors caution they will not consider the operations successful unless the women achieve pregnancy.

"We are not going to call it a complete success until this results in children," said Michael Olausson, one of the Swedish surgeons told The Associated Press.

"That's the best proof."

Both women started in-vitro fertilisation before the surgery, he said, adding that their frozen embryos will be thawed and transferred if the women are considered in good enough health after a year-long observation period.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19637156
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#2
Uterus transplant
Wow! The marvels of modern medicine!!
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#3
RE: Uterus transplant
*crosses fingers*

Wonder if I can talk my mom into donating.......
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#4
RE: Uterus transplant
I'm not sure if they could do that with a biologically male body, though. I assume there is a lot more to it than, slap that in that space there. The complexity of that just boggles my mind. I hope they figure it out, nonetheless. Big Grin
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RE: Uterus transplant
(September 18, 2012 at 11:04 pm)Shell B Wrote: I'm not sure if they could do that with a biologically male body, though. I assume there is a lot more to it than, slap that in that space there. The complexity of that just boggles my mind. I hope they figure it out, nonetheless. Big Grin

Actually, I did read an article on that this morning.

Or I started to read it before I got all angsty because by the time this becomes an actual treatment, I'd probably be far too old for it. That's when I had to go do something else. Sad

http://www.secondtype.info/pregnant.htm

Seriously, I think the most difficult thing to work out would be the slight difference in skeletal structure between male and female hips and the added difficulty this would create in carrying a baby.
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#6
RE: Uterus transplant
The difference in pelvis shape would require a c-section. Evolution has pretty much maxed out the pelvis shape that allows upright walking to baby head size. But still the implications are awesome!
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#7
RE: Uterus transplant
(September 19, 2012 at 11:10 am)festive1 Wrote: The difference in pelvis shape would require a c-section. Evolution has pretty much maxed out the pelvis shape that allows upright walking to baby head size. But still the implications are awesome!

Well, I read that much, but I was more worried what it would do to my balance if I were to carry a child with broad shoulders, narrow hips and, as a consequence, a high center of gravity. Walking upright might be difficult from about 5 or 6 months on; moreso than with most pregnancies.
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RE: Uterus transplant
(September 19, 2012 at 11:32 am)TaraJo Wrote: Well, I read that much, but I was more worried what it would do to my balance if I were to carry a child with broad shoulders, narrow hips and, as a consequence, a high center of gravity. Walking upright might be difficult from about 5 or 6 months on; moreso than with most pregnancies.

True, but there's a lot of women who have difficulty in that last trimester and have to go on strict bedrest.
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