In a ground-breaking development, a woman in Britain has given birth following a womb transplant.
This achievement marks a significant milestone in reproductive medicine.
Grace Davidson, 36, from southern England, who was born without a functioning womb, became the first woman in the UK to receive a womb transplant in early 2023.
Her sister, Amy, donated her womb as part of the Womb Transplant UK living donor programme.
Grace underwent the transplant at the Oxford Transplant Centre and subsequently received in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment at HCA UK’s Lister Fertility Clinic.
After close monitoring at the Churchill Hospital and Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London, Grace delivered a healthy baby girl via caesarean section in February 2025. Both mother and baby are doing well.
Grace and her partner, Angus, named their daughter Amy Isabel, in honour of her sister Amy and Miss Isabel Quiroga, who co-led the transplant operation.
The birth represents a remarkable achievement in reproductive medicine, with more than 100 womb transplants carried out globally and more than 5 healthy babies born from the procedure.
Dr Ippokratis Sarris, a consultant in reproductive medicine, hailed the birth as an extraordinary advance in science and care.
Information about womb donation
Womb Transplant UK is a registered charity that raises and manages funds from public donations in order to pay the NHS for the cost of the transplant operations along with its other research costs.
The charity funds two programmes:
- A live donor programme for five transplants.
Each donation will be approved by the Human Tissue Authority, with all donors expected to be close relatives of patients
- Health Research Authority approved deceased donor research programme, which will include 10 transplant operations.
Deceased womb donation will only be undertaken after a special.
Additional request to a family for this research programme – when someone dies in the very rare circumstances where this kind of donation is possible.
Deceased donation for all new types of transplants, such as limb and uterus transplants, is not done through the Organ Donor Register or the Deemed Consent (‘opt out’) system.
