A woman based in Sweden is now a mother to a healthy growing boy named Albin. But in an interesting twist that can be likened to science fiction, Albin's mom, Emelie Eriksson, was actually unable to get pregnant before due to a biological issue. Doctors had to transplant the womb of Emelie's mother in her so that she can bear children.
Eriksson's case is the first womb transplant that has had a successful birth in the history of medicine. Essentially, Albin, who is now 2-years-old, was born from the same womb as his mom and it is a breakthrough that is worth celebrating.
"This is something that you read in history books and now in the future when you read about this, it's about me," Emelie Eriksson told the Associated Press. Her story is giving hopes for other women who might have problems with conceiving a baby with their partner.
BBC reported in 2014 that Emelie Eriksson was born without a uterus and thus never experienced having her period. In turn, when she got married, she and her husband Daniel knew that conception would be impossible.
After consultations, however, they decided Emelie Eriksson would undergo a womb transplant. The procedure was performed by doctors from the University of Gothenburg headed by Dr. Mats Brannstrom and Emelie Eriksson's mother, Marie, became her womb donor.
"I don't need my womb and I don't want any more children," Marie told her daughter, according to the AP report. Once the womb transplant was done, Emelie Eriksson underwent an IVF procedure with doctors using 11 frozen embryos.
Today, Brannstrom is working with other medical experts from Mayo Clinic and Harvard Medical School in the United States in improving on the womb transplant technique. Four patients have supposedly benefitted from this but the women are not yet prepared to get pregnant.
Unfortunately, there has been a growing concern for womb transplant procedures as it can pose life and death risks, expenses, as well as the fact that doctors are playing gods against nature, Life News reports. Where do you stand on womb transplant? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
