Medical Director of Uterus Transplant Dr. Liza Johannesson discusses the world’s largest uterus transplant program and shares a story of a patient born without a uterus and how a friend donated hers to allow her to carry and give birth to a baby girl.
Uterus transplants are responsible for the birth of more than 70 children. Nearly a third of those babies—22 and counting—were born at Baylor University Medical Center. The team recently published a major study analyzing the results from the program’s first 20 patients. “We want this to be an option
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Recipients of a successful uterus transplant were able to carry a pregnancy to term and have children without abnormalities, according to a new study published in JAMA by the Uterus Transplant Team at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Seven years ago, Baylor Scott & White Health embarked on a uterus transplant clinical trial. The goal was to provide hope for the millions of women worldwide living with uterine infertility, which affects nearly 9.5 million women in the United States.
Peyton Meave, whose daughter is now four, welcomes UK first and hopes more women given option. She learned of a womb transplant trial taking place at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and, in 2018, signed up to participate
Ob/gyn Liza Johannesson at Baylor University Medical Center is part of a team studying whether or not a uterine transplant from either a living or deceased donor, is a good option for women without a uterus. They found that out of 33 women who received a transplant, 21 babies have been born.
Jen Dingle, who took part in a Baylor University Medical Center program, was the first in the country to deliver two children after a uterus transplant.
Baylor University’s Medical Center officials hosted an event for donors, recipients, and babies who have been part of its groundbreaking uterus transplant program. Women who are done having children can donate their uterus to another woman hoping to experience pregnancy.
Jennifer Dingle became a mother to two children thanks to the woman who donated her uterus as part of Baylor University Medical Center's Uterine Transplant Program.
Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas is the first program in the world to offer uterus transplants outside of a clinical trial, giving women with this form of infertility a chance at becoming pregnant, carrying their own child, and having a successful delivery.
