First baby born after a uterus transplant in the UK: Breakthrough in reproductive science | World News
London: This is the first time the UK has confirmed at Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital in London on Tuesday that a woman was born after a uterine transplant.
New mother, Grace Davidson, 36, lives in southern England and has no working uterus when she was born. In early 2023, she became the first woman to undergo a uterus transplant in the UK after her sister Amy donated her uterus as part of the UK Living Donation Program.
As Bjog reported in 2023, the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the original donor operation and subsequent transplants were performed at the Oxford Transplant Center, part of Churchill Hospital in OUH.
Grace then underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment at Lister Fertility Clinic in London HCA UK. She has since been closely monitored by Churchill Hospital and Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital, run by Imperial University’s health care and where her children were born.
Grace and the baby girl did a great job after the birth of a caesarean section in February 2025, the hospital said in a statement.
New mother Grace and Angus father named their baby Amy Isabel after her sister Amy who donated her uterus and Miss Isabel Quiroga, who co-leads the transplant.
“The birth of the first British baby after a uterine transplant is an extraordinary milestone in reproductive medicine,” said Dr. Ippokratis Sarris, a consultant to the King’s Fertility and Executive Committee of the British Fertility Society.
“While this complex procedure is only available to a few women, it marks an excellent advancement in science and care.”
Of the 5,000 women in the UK, 5,000 have no viable uterus and cannot conceive and carry their own children. Many other women have lost their uterus due to cancer or other medical conditions.
Xinhua News Agency reported that there are more than 100 uterine transplants around the world, and more than 50 healthy babies have been born so far. The first successful uterine transplant was performed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2013.
The Uterine Transplant UK Living Donor Program is funded by the registered charity Uterine Transplant UK, which raises and manages public donations to cover the National Health Services to cover the cost of the transplant business and its other research costs.
The charity funded two programs: a field donation program for five transplants and a health research authority approved a deceased donor research program, which will include 10 transplant operations.
Professor Richard Smith co-led the UK Living Donation Program. He is the founder and chairman of the uterus transplant in the UK. “This is the culmination of more than 25 years of research, and has made a huge contribution to the many talented people, hospitals and organizations we work with our charity uterine transplant UK,” he said in a statement.
“Our charitable funding program is still in its early stages,” he said. “But we hope we can help more women in the near future where we can’t conceive or carry our own children right now.”
