A 36-year-old Swedish woman has been delivered of a first baby by caesarean section from a transplanted womb.
The baby boy’s birth took place in Sweden after surgeons at the University of Gothenburg performed the pioneering transplant procedure.
Being the world's first baby born to a woman with a transplanted womb — a medical first — only a victorious name would do, which is why his parents named him "Vincent," meaning "to conquer," according to his mother.
He was delivered in the 31st week of pregnancy and weighed 3.9 pounds — normal for that stage of pregnancy.The Mother was born without a womb, which was donated from a 61-year-old woman, a close family friend who had gone through menopause after giving birth to two children.
The womb donor is now baby Vincent's godmother and her two sons have also visited the family.
Though the identity of the parents, a Swedish couple, has not been released, but the baby’s father said: “It was a pretty tough journey over the years, but we now have the most amazing baby.
“He is very, very cute, and he doesn't even scream, he just murmurs."
"He’s no different from any other child, but he will have a good story to tell. One day he can look at the newspaper articles about how he was born and know that he was the first in the world to be born this way," he added.
Prof. Brannstrom, who led the research and delivered the baby with the help of his wife, a midwife, said: “The baby is fantastic. But it is even better to see the joy in the parents and how happy he made them.
For the proud parents, the years of research and experimentation were well worth the wait. Both mother and child are now at home and said to be doing well.
The womb donor is now baby Vincent's godmother and her two sons have also visited the family.
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