30-Year-Old Lady Receives Womb Transplant From Her Mum

A 30-year-old Australian lady who received a womb transplant from her mother aspires to give birth in the same womb she was nurtured in.

Kirsty Bryant became the first woman in the country to have a uterine transplant after undergoing surgery at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney last month with her mother Michelle Hayton, 54.

Bryant, 30-year-old, underwent an emergency hysterectomy after giving birth to her daughter Violet two years ago, rendering her infertile.

Bryant and Hayton told their tale on channel Nine’s 60 Minutes.

Hayton said, “Kirsty rang, she said to me, ‘Hi, Mum. What do you think about having a hysterectomy and giving me your uterus? I said, ‘Yep it’s on. I have no problem with that’.”

Hayton was in the operating room for 11 hours while doctors tried to remove her womb.

The two procedures were overseen by Professor Mats Brannstrom, who in 2014 carried out the first womb transplant in history to result in a child.

He said: “There are small blood vessels going out, and we try to isolate those. The problem is that there is a ureter on each side. And the ureter goes from the kidney to the bladder, and we cannot injure that.”

Bryant hopes to carry another child in the donor’s womb after the donor’s uterus was removed, cleaned out, and then placed into her.

Kirsty Bryant said: “I am going to potentially, all fingers and toes crossed, carry a baby in the same uterus, in the same womb I was growing in. It will hopefully be a great story to tell my baby one day.”

The lead surgeon for the trial, Dr Rebecca Deans, remarked that she “couldn’t have been happier” with how the operations went.

She said: “It was such a wonderful day to actually finally get there and be in that room. The buzz was amazing. And then it all went to plan, and Kirsty’s doing beautifully.”

Similar surgery was previously performed by Professor Brannstrom on a mother and daughter in Sweden, yielding a healthy baby boy.

Bryant said after a successful surgery, “To not put my hand up and give it a go, I think would be a massive regret for myself. Even if it doesn’t go to plan, the research and the information that they will get from this, in Australia, is going to be worth it.

“I just want to give hope and give options for other women out there.”