Medical milestone: First UK baby born after deceased-donor womb transplant
Latest news on WhatsApp أجدد الأخبار على واتسابThe UK has recorded a major medical first after a baby was born to a mother who received a womb transplant from a deceased donor, a breakthrough clinicians say could expand options for women without a viable uterus.
Baby Hugo Richard Norman Powell was delivered by caesarean section in December 2025 at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London. His mother, Grace Bell, underwent the transplant as part of an approved research programme and later conceived through IVF and embryo transfer.
Bell was born with MRKH syndrome, a rare condition associated with an absent or underdeveloped womb. The hospital said this is the UK’s first birth following a deceased-donor womb transplant and the second UK birth overall after a previous successful live-donor womb transplant.
Imperial College Healthcare noted that deceased-donor womb donation is not covered by routine organ-donation consent or the UK Organ Donor Register and instead requires specific additional consent from the donor’s family. The programme is funded by Womb Transplant UK and plans a total of 10 deceased-donor transplants, with reported per-case costs around £30,000
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