Baby boy becomes first child in the UK to be born to deceased womb transplant

• A baby boy, Hugo Powell, has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother who received a womb from a deceased donor.
• Grace Bell, who was born with the rare condition MRKH, underwent the landmark transplant at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, describing her son's birth as a 'miracle'.
• Ms Bell expressed profound gratitude to the unnamed donor and her family, whose generosity also led to five other organs being transplanted into four people.
• Womb transplants from deceased donors require specific consent from the donor's family, separate from general organ donation registration.
• Womb Transplant UK has facilitated five such procedures in the UK, resulting in two births so far, with other patients undergoing fertility treatment.

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First baby born in the UK after womb transplant from deceased donor