Overview
- Hugo Powell was delivered by caesarean in December at about 3.1 kg, becoming the first UK baby born after a womb transplant from a deceased donor.
- His mother, Grace Bell, who has MRKH syndrome, conceived via IVF following a 2024 uterus transplant at the Oxford Transplant Centre.
- The delivery is the first birth from a UK clinical study evaluating deceased‑donor uterine transplantation, with three of ten planned procedures completed.
- The programme is funded by the charity Womb Transplant UK, and each operation costs about £30,000.
- Retrieval of a uterus from a deceased donor requires explicit family consent, and in this case the donor also provided five other organs to four recipients.