First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb

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'A little miracle': First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted wombFergus WalshMedical editorWatch: New mum Grace (left) and her sister Amy (right) talk about the "miracle" of baby AmyA "miracle" baby girl has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb.The baby's mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister's womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK's only successful womb transplant.Two years after that pioneering operation, Grace gave birth to her first child in February. She and her husband, Angus, 37, have named their daughter Amy after Grace's sister, who donated her womb.Holding baby Amy - who weighed just over two kilos (four and a half pounds) - for the first time was "incredible" and "surreal", new mum Grace says."It was quite overwhelming because we'd never really let ourselves imagine what it would be like for her to be here," she says. "It was really wonderful."Grace and Angus, who live in north London but are originally from Scotland, hope to have a second child using the transplanted womb.The couple initially wished to remain anonymous, but following the safe arrival of baby Amy are now speaking to the BBC about their "little miracle".The surgical team told the BBC they have carried out three further womb transplants using deceased donors since Grace's transplant. They aim to carry out a total of 15 as part of a clinical trial.Surgeons on "magical moment" womb transplant child was bornWTUKBaby Amy is the first child born in the UK to a woman who has had a womb transplantGrace was born with a rare condition, Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, where the womb is missing or underdeveloped, but with functioning ovaries. When the BBC first spoke to her in 2018, she was hoping her mother could donate her uterus to allow her to have children - but it proved to be unsuitable.The BBC met Grace and husband Angus again in 2019 when one of Grace's two sisters, Amy Purdie, w...