Two more women due to give birth following womb transplants

The world’s first baby born from a transplanted womb will soon have company — two more women who became pregnant after having transplants are due in the next few weeks.

It could be the start of a new wave of babies born this way, say the Swedish doctors who pioneered the technique.

“It means a lot to me that we are able to help patients who have tried for so long to have families,” said Dr Mats Brannstrom, a professor of gynaecology and obstetrics at the University of Gothenburg, who led the project.