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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robyn Vinter and agency

Baby boy born to UK mother after womb transplant from dead donor

Grace Bell holding baby Hugo as her partner sits beside her
‘There are no words to say thank you enough to my donor and her family,’ Grace Bell has said after Hugo’s arrival in December. Photograph: Womb Transplant UK/PA

A baby boy named Hugo is the first child to be born in the UK to a mother with a womb transplant from a dead donor.

Hugo Powell was delivered at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea hospital in London weighing 3.09kg (6lb 13oz), after his mother, Grace Bell, received a transplanted womb from someone who had died.

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