A Turkish hospital says 22-year-old Sert, who received a womb transplant in August 2011, may be pregnant via in vitro fertilization.
A Turkish hospital is anticipating what may be the first successful pregnancy and birth for a woman with a transplanted uterus.
A hospital says a Turkish woman who became the first person to successfully receive the uterus of a dead donor may now be pregnant.
Derya Sert, 22, was born without a womb and had one transplanted in August 2011.
Specialists at Akdeniz University Hospital placed an embryo into Sert’s womb earlier this week in hopes she will become the first woman with a uterus transplant to give birth.
Hospital spokeswoman Fusun Bas said Friday that early test results were “consistent with the expected signs of pregnancy” but cautioned that it is too early to declare Sert pregnant.
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