Cintia A. , Lebledparle.com
The couple identified as Grace and David Anguson shared their story with BBC after welcoming their miracle baby in February. Grace was born without a womb as she was suffering from a rare condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH syndrome), which prevented her from carrying a child on her own. After years of searching for answers, in 2023 Grace’s sister Amy Purdie who had given birth to two children with her husband felt her family was complete and decided to gift her womb to her sister who had none. According to the hospital’s statement, Grace was able to give birth to her daughter because she joined a program funded by a charity called Womb Transplant U.K..
In sign of appreciation for the wonderful gift her sister made, she named her baby girl Amy after her sister. The couple are high over the moon being able to carry their own child as she stated in a press release “we have been given the greatest gift we could ever have asked for”. Thanks to scientific advancement womb transplant is actually effective, with the first transplant recorded in 2013 in Sweden and according to reports 50 healthy babies have been born following a womb transplant.
Science indeed has seen a vast evolution and is still evolving, but with this success rate, couples who might be experiencing similar case now have hopes of carrying their own progeny.
