Biology teacher, Sara Ottosson, 25, who was born without reproductive organs, is to have her mom’s womb transplanted into her. If the procedure is successful and she becomes pregnant, her baby will develop inside the same uterus she did.

Sara Ottosson is British and lives in Sweden.

Mother, Eva Ottosson, 56, who lives in Nottingham, England, has agreed to take part in this pioneering procedure. If all goes according to plan, she will be the first human being ever to successfully transplant her uterus into her daughter.

When asked by a reporter for the English newspaper The Daily Telegraph how she felt about receiving the womb that carried her, she replied:

“I haven’t really thought about that. I’m a biology teacher and it’s just an organ like any other organ”

Doctors in Gothenburg, Sweden, say the procedure may go ahead in the spring of 2012 in Sweden. They have been assessing suitable patients for the transplant.

Mrs Ottosson (mother) says that her daughter needs a womb and she is the best donor for her. She added that Sara Ottosson needs the womb more than she does. “It is just a womb. I’ve had two daughters so it’s served me well.” she said.

In 2000, a 26-year old woman in Saudi Arabia received a womb from a 46-year-old donor. Unfortunately, there were complications and after 99 days the uterus had to be surgically removed.

Sara Ottosson has Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome. Patients with MRKH syndrome are born with no uterus, there may be absence of the vagina or a short vaginal pouch. The ovaries are normal. The syndrome affects approximately 1 in every 5,000 females. Ms. Ottosson became aware of her condition when she failed to begin menstruating as a teenager.

If the transplant is successful, Ms. Ottosson will have her eggs fertilized using her boyfriend’s sperm – the fertilized egg will then be implanted into the uterus.

Head of the medical team, Dr Mats Brannstrom, said that transplanting a womb is an extremely complex operation, much more so than transplanting, for example, a kidney.

Dr. Brannstrom said:

”The difficulty with it is avoiding hemorrhage and making sure you have long enough blood vessels to connect the womb. You are also working deep down in the pelvis area and it is like working in a funnel.”

Written by Christian Nordqvist