Spain: Woman gives birth to baby using mother’s womb

On January 2, little Manuel was born in a Barcelona hospital. The baby came out of the womb of his mother Myra in full health, but through the womb… of his grandmother. Mayra, who was born without a uterus, actually received a uterus from her own mother so she could give birth to a son, according to Spanish media outlet Radio Catalunya, which is reporting the story.

Suffering from Rokitansky syndrome, a rare congenital condition that affects one in 4,500 women and results in birth without a uterus, Myra convinced her mother to undergo this extremely delicate medical operation. Ten hours later, the mother’s uterus was removed and after another four hours it was implanted into the girl’s body. The operation was performed using a surgical robot.

After her uterus was implanted, Myra received six embryos through in vitro fertilization and became pregnant. “Even before Manuel was born, I talked to him and told him: I was there too, everything will be fine – admitted the young woman to Radio Catalunya.

This is the second time in Spain that a mother has given birth thanks to a uterus transplant, but according to our colleagues, this is the first time that a Spanish woman has given birth after having her own mother’s uterus transplanted.

In France, the first transplant of this type was performed in 2019. Deborah received her mother’s uterus after an operation performed at the Foch hospital in Suresnes (Hautes-de-Seine). Two years later she gave birth to a child. Since then, two other French women suffering from the same syndrome have been able to give birth thanks to their sisters’ uterus transplants performed at the same hospital.