Woman gives birth following a womb transplant from a living donor
For the first time in the UK, a woman has given birth following a womb transplant from a living donor - her sister.
Grace and Amy's story
New mother Grace has named her baby Amy Isabel after her sister Amy, who donated her womb, and Miss Isabel Quiroga, who co-led the transplant operation.
Grace and baby girl Amy are both doing very well following a caesarean section birth at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London in February 2025.
Donation for non-routine transplants such as this is only possible as part of special research programmes, and requires special consent.
The UK's first womb transplant from a living donor
The programme that made Grace's transplant possible is funded by the charity Womb Transplant UK and will include 5 transplant operations, with approval from the Human Tissue Authority.
The programme is led by specialists from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust and The Lister Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare.
Prof Derek Manas, NHS Medical Director for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, said: “We would like to pass on our huge congratulations to the parents and to wish mother and baby well. We would also like to acknowledge the amazing work of the clinical team and most importantly honour the living donor for the 'gift' of the uterus (womb), donated with special consent into this research programme.”
One in five thousand women in the UK are born without a viable womb and are unable to conceive and carry their own child. Many other women lose their wombs as a result of cancer or other medical conditions. There have been over 100 womb transplants worldwide and more than 50 healthy babies born so far. The first successful womb transplant operations were carried out in 2013 at Gothenburg in Sweden.