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This Wednesday, February 17, the Foch hospital in Suresnes in Hauts-de-Seine announced the birth of a baby born from a uterus transplant. This is a first in France. A feat that allowed the young mother born without a uterus to give birth to her child, two years after having benefited from her transplant.
A first in France
While there are only around twenty births in the world following a uterine transplant, the first baby born from a uterus transplant was born in France on Friday February 12, 2021, at 33 weeks of pregnancy. Born in the Foch hospital in Suresnes in Hauts-de-Seine, she is a little girl weighing 1.845 kg who is doing well as announced by Professor Jean-Marc Ayoubi, head of the gynecology department. obstetrics and reproductive medicine, at the origin of this scientific feat.
As for the mother, 36 years old, she is also doing well. She was born without a uterus due to a congenital disease, Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (also called Rokitansky syndrome), which affects one in 4,500 women.
A birth that took place two years after the transplant
The young mother had benefited, two years ago, from the first French uterus transplant, carried out by the same team from the Foch hospital. The (living) donor is the mother of the patient who was then 57 years old. According to Professor Jean-Marc Ayoubi “ the first transfer took place last July and the patient was pregnant after this first transfer “. To which he adds ” We always wait a year to be sure that the transplanted uterus is not rejected “.
The medical team was then delayed by the first lockdown relating to Covid-19. One thing is certain, the birth of this little girl is a hope for patients without a uterus. Remember that the immunosuppressive treatment (used as an anti-rejection) suitable for pregnancy and planned for this type of operation is less important than for the transplantation of other organs.