A mother has become the first in the world to give birth to a second child after an ovary transplant operation, doctors in Denmark have revealed
A mother has become the first in the world to give birth to a second child after an ovary transplant operation, doctors in Denmark have revealed
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Two good: Stinne Holm Bergholdt is the first woman in the world to have two children from separate pregnancies as a result of transplanting frozen ovarian tissue. Pic/AP |
Experts say the technique could help others facing treatment that might damage their ovaries.
Aviaja, who was born in 2007, was conceived following IVF but Lucca, born in September 2008, was conceived naturally. Their mother, Stinne Holm Bergholdt, (32), said it was a surprise to find out she was pregnant a second time because she thought she would need fertility treatment again.
She said, "We had an appointment at the fertilityu00a0 clinic to talk about the possibility of a second baby, but it turned out that I was already pregnant -- naturally.
"It was a very nice surprise to find out that my body was now functioning normally and that we were having a baby without having to go through the fertility treatment. It was indeed a miracle!"
Separate births
Her doctor, Professor Claus Yding Andersen, said it was the first time in the world that a woman had two children from separate pregnancies as a result of transplanting frozen ovarian tissue. He said the ovarian tissue was functional more than four years after being transplanted back into her body.
More tissue remains frozen in liquid nitrogen, and could remain functional for as long as 40 years, he added.
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