Overview
- Hugo Powell was delivered by caesarean in December 2025 at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London, weighing 6lb 13oz (3.1kg).
- His mother, Grace Bell, was born with MRKH syndrome and received a deceased-donor womb in 2024 in a seven-hour operation led by surgeon Isabel Quiroga at the Oxford Transplant Centre.
- IVF and embryo transfer were carried out months after the transplant at The Lister Fertility Clinic, with specialist NHS care through pregnancy culminating in a planned delivery.
- The donor remains unnamed; her family gave specific consent for womb donation distinct from standard organ donor permissions, and five of her other organs benefited four recipients.
- Womb Transplant UK reports five transplants performed nationwide—two from living donors and three from deceased donors—resulting in two births to date, with other recipients progressing through IVF.