The baby was born by a woman with a transplanted uterus in Spain

Little Jesus became the first baby born in Spain to a woman with a transplanted uterus in 2020, in a long and complex procedure carried out by the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona for essential reproductive purposes.

“It was a very difficult process, but also very beautiful and despite all the risks, it was worth it,” noted transplant woman and new mother Tamara Franco at the press conference where she presented this innovative procedure, in which the Minister of Health Manel Balcells and medical the Clinic team.

The journey began in 2015, when the clinic received permission from ethics committees and the Ministry of Health to conduct an experimental program for uterus transplant in five cases with Rokitansky syndrome, which are women born without a uterus or fallopian tubes, but yes with ovaries.

The first chosen one was Tamara, who, motivated by the desire to be a mother from an early age, in October 2020. to surgery from 8 p.m for a uterus transplant given to her by her sister.

Two months later, the patient got her period, which is the first sign that the procedure was successful, explained the head of the clinic’s gynecology service, Francisco Carmona.

The next goal was to get pregnant, which was also achieved last September, after more than one embryo transfer. and abortion.

During her pregnancy, Tamara suffered from pre-eclampsia, a complication involving high blood pressure that was likely caused by medication she was taking to prevent rejection of the transplanted uterus.

As numerous controls were practiced during pregnancy, the medical team managed to control preeclampsia until the seventh month of pregnancy, when they induced labor by caesarean section, which passed on March 10 without complications.

Despite being born prematurely at just over a kilogram, Jesús developed properly during his admission to the neonatal intensive care unit and, once he reached 3.2 kilograms in weight and his lungs matured, he was already discharged, so that he and his parents can now return home to Murcia.

Since the uterus essentially has a reproductive function, and the patient expressed that she did not want to have more children, Carmona emphasized that the transplanted organ would be removed, to avoid a lifetime of medication to avoid rejection.