Photograph: Womb Transplant UKA baby boy has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother who received a womb from a dead donor. Last year surgeons announced the UK’s first baby born from a womb transplant involving a living donor. Photograph: Womb Transplant UK/PA Wire“It was just incredible.”Powell said: “When he came over the curtain, it was just sort of overwhelming emotions. “As the baby was handed over, the parents said they were actually going to call the baby Hugo Richard. Womb Transplant UK has now performed and paid for five womb transplants in the UK so far – two involving a living donor and three using a deceased donor.

Source: The Irish Times February 24, 2026 17:47 UTC