Woman who had first uterus transplant in US will have chance to get pregnant

Lindsey is the first of 10 women who will have uterine transplants as part of a clinical trial by the Cleveland Clinic and will undergo IVF after healing

Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic on Monday introduced the 26-year-old woman who received the first uterus transplant carried out on US soil.

The woman, who chose to share only her first name, Lindsey, was wheeled into the room by her husband, Blake. She expressed her thanks to the eight-person team that transplanted the uterus on 24 February, and to the family of the donor, a woman in her 30s who died suddenly.

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