Woman Donates Womb To Her Daughter As India’s Carries Out Its First Womb Transplant

In the first surgery of its kind in India, a mother has successfully donated her uterus to her 21-year-old daughter..

The 43 year old mother offered to undergo the procedure so that her daughter, who was born without a uterus, can experience childbirth.

The surgery, which was performed by a team of doctors at Pune’s Galaxy Care Hospital in the city of Pune in south-west India, took place yesterday, led by the hospital’s medical director, Dr. Shailesh Puntambekar.

It lasted for nine and a half hours in total and both mother and daughter are fine and in recovery.

The 21-year-old will have to wait for one year to give her body enough time to heal and adjust to the new uterus before she considers trying to get pregnant via in-vitro fertilization (IVF). She is currently under observation and will be kept in Intensive Care Unit for some days

Dr Shailesh Puntambekar said;

“The patient was born without a uterus and she wanted to have her own baby and was not ready for adoption or surrogacy.

Since they knew about the uterus transplant, they approached us and accepted the surgery option,”

“Fortunately, her mother was found to be a medically suitable uterus donor for her.”

“The procedure is difficult because multiple large arteries are to be joined there, and veins that are small and short. It is technically very tough.”