First live birth following a uterus transplant in Australia

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Australian scientists have reported the first live birth following a uterus transplant in the country. The 31-year-old patient had the uterus transplant in 2023, followed by a course of drugs to suppress her immune system to prevent rejection of the transplanted uterus. The uterus was donated by her 53-year-old mother. Fifteen weeks after the transplant, a frozen early-stage embryo was implanted during her natural ovulatory cycle and she became pregnant. In 2023, a healthy baby boy was born via caesarean, joining around 40 other babies around the world born via a transplanted uterus since the first successful procedure in Sweden in 2014.