First UK baby born after womb transplant from deceased donor.

A baby boy, Hugo Powell, was born in December after his mother, Grace Bell, received a womb transplant from a deceased donor at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in 2024.

A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to be born after a womb transplant from a deceased donor. Hugo Powell was born in December, weighing 6lb 13oz (3.1kg), to Grace Bell and Steve Powell. Ms Bell was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH), a condition that results in underdevelopment of the uterus, and was diagnosed at age 16. The transplant operation was carried out in 2024 and reported to have taken about seven hours. Key facts: - Hugo Powell was born in December, weighing 6lb 13oz (3.1kg). - The womb transplant came from a deceased donor; specific additional consent from the donor's relatives is required for womb donation and is not covered by the organ donor register or deemed consent. - The unnamed donor also provided five other organs that were transplanted into four people, and the donor's parents issued a public statement about their loss and the donor's generosity. - Isabel Quiroga, a consultant surgeon named in reports, performed the transplant; fertility treatment followed at the Lister Fertility Clinic in London. - Womb Transplant UK has funded five womb transplants in the UK so far—two from living donors and three from deceased donors—and two babies have been born to date. Summary: This birth is the first in the UK following a womb transplant from a deceased donor and follows earlier births after living-donor transplants. Clinical teams report functioning transplants and say several patients are at different stages of IVF and embryo transfer. Surgeons note that transplanted wombs are expected to be removed eventually or that recipients may face long-term immunosuppression.