Ammon News - A baby girl has made history as the first child in the UK to be born from a womb transplant.

Grace Davidson, 36, underwent the first such transplant in the UK in 2023, receiving the organ from her older sister Amy.

Two years later, she has become the first woman in the UK to successfully give birth following the procedure.

It is hoped the breakthrough will help women in Britain who are currently unable to give birth because of a rare condition affecting the development of the womb.

The Health Secretary said on Tuesday that the transplant could “possibly” be available on the NHS in the future.

The baby, named Amy Isabel after her aunt and a surgeon who helped perfect the technique, was born via planned caesarean section on Feb 27 at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London.

Mrs Davidson and husband Angus, 37, who live in north London, described the “shock” of holding their daughter for the first time.

“We have been given the greatest gift we could ever have asked for,” Mrs Davidson said. “It was just hard to believe she was real. I knew she was ours, but it’s just hard to believe.”

Mrs Davidson, an NHS dietitian, was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH), a rare condition that causes an underdeveloped or missing womb.

The ovaries, however, are intact and still function to produce eggs and female hormones, making conceiving via fertility treatment a possibility.

It affects about one in every 5,000 women. The Telegraph