The first ever womb transplant operation in Britain was entirely funded by charitable events and proceeds from books sold by the medical professionals involved. In a pioneering procedure, surgeons successfully implanted a womb in a 34-year-old woman who was born without one, with her sister acting as the living donor. The surgery, carried out by Professor Richard Smith and colleague Isabel Quiroga, cost £25,000 and was funded by the charity Womb Transplant UK. The surgical team were overwhelmed with emotion following the successful procedure, which offers hope to thousands of British women struggling with infertility. The charity relied on donations from bake sales and other fundraising efforts from the public, and some of the medics involved donated proceeds from their own books. The surgeons and doctors who participated in the operation offered their time for free. The charity currently has £200,000 in donations, which can potentially fund eight more transplants, but requires an additional £300,000 to complete the remaining approved operations. The charity aims to perform five live donor surgeries and undertake a clinical trial using wombs from deceased donors. This breakthrough procedure gives hope to women who are unable to conceive due to womb infertility and extends eligibility from ages 24-40, or 42 if eggs have been frozen. The surgery is carefully scheduled to avoid a disruption to NHS waiting lists. Over 90 women worldwide have undergone a womb transplant, resulting in around 50 babies. The successful womb transplant in the UK is a significant milestone for British women facing difficulties in conceiving. The recipient, a 40-year-old woman without a womb but with ovaries, is ecstatic about the outcome and eagerly anticipates starting a family. The intricate surgery, involving two teams and eight surgeons, lasted over 17 hours. The implanted womb is fully functional and the recipient is “over the moon” and extremely excited about the prospect of having children. With her own eggs already harvested and fertilized through IVF, the recipient is scheduled to have one of her frozen embryos implanted at a fertility clinic in London in the coming autumn. The surgical team estimates an 80% chance of a successful pregnancy. Any resulting baby would be delivered by caesarean at 37 weeks to minimize strain on the donated womb, and the mother can choose to keep the womb for one more pregnancy. The identities of both the donor and recipient remain undisclosed. The second womb transplant in the UK is planned for this autumn, with expectations that a maximum of 20 to 30 operations can be performed each year in the country. It is estimated that 15,000 women of childbearing age in the UK lack a functioning womb.
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