In a first for the United States, a woman with a
transplanted uterus has given birth. The baby was born at
Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and remains
safe and healthy after the event. This is the first success for
Baylor’s ongoing uterus transplant clinical trial , which
works with patients with absolute uterine factor infertility
— meaning their uterus either doesn’t exist or doesn’t work
at all. “We’ve been preparing for this moment for a very
long time,” Liza Johannesson, an ob-gyn and uterus
transplant surgeon at Baylor, stated in an interview with
Time . “I think everyone had tears in their eyes when the
baby came out. I did for sure.” This unique type of
transplant is different and much more difficult than most,
according to Giuliano Testa, the leader of the uterus
transplant clinical trial and surgical chief of abdominal
transplant for Baylor Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons
Transplant Institute. “We do transplants all day long,”
Testa said to Time . “This is not the same thing. I totally
underestimated what this type of transplant does for these
women. What I’ve learned emotionally, I do not have the
words to describe.”
The uterus transplanted was donated by Taylor Siler, 36, a
registered nurse in the Dallas area. She previously had
children successfully and wanted to pass the gift of life on.
“I just think that if we can give more people that option,
that’s an awesome thing,” Syler told Time . It takes about
five hours to remove the uterus from the donor, then
another five to transplant it. The clinical study uses
uteruses from both living and deceased donors. So far, the
hospital has completed eight out its goal of 10 transplants.
And, while three have so far failed, Baylor confirmed to
Time that there is another woman currently pregnant with
a transplanted uterus.
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