At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining ...

In July 2023 the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced that the successful delivery of the first baby born from a transplanted uterus outside of a clinical trial. The birth itself occurred the ...

A baby has been born in Spain after growing inside the womb of its grandmother. The mother of the infant had received a womb transplant from her mother two years prior and successfully birthed a baby ...

Mom Mallory was born without a uterus and underwent a uterus transplant and IVF. The first baby has been born from a transplanted uterus, outside of a clinical trial, the University of Alabama at ...

Sometimes your ticker isn’t the only heart-shaped organ in your body. A very small but significant group of women also have heart-shaped wombs. This rare condition is known as a bicornuate uterus, and ...

The human body contains countless variations that make each person unique, and reproductive anatomy is no exception. Among these variations is the retroverted uterus – a condition where the uterus ...

To take on motherhood is to accept a certain level of trauma, whether that’s the trauma of childbirth, miscarriage, surrogacy, or adoption. It simply matters too much not to hurt. For Chelsea Thatcher ...

Menopause is caused by a decline in ovarian function and hormone production. Because your ovaries are the primary drivers of this change, you can experience symptoms of menopause even if you do not ...

Around 135 transplants have been performed, but it's probably too soon to offer the procedure to trans women. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech ...

The American Medical Association floated a trial balloon for uterus transplants for biological men who identify as transgender, pushing the next phase of “Frankenstein tech” for cross-sex procedures.

Could transgender women, or others born without a womb, experience pregnancy? The question may seem like science fiction, but this could be a reality sooner than we think. In early 2022, it was ...

Kelsey Hatcher, 32, was born with uterine didelphys, or double uterus. Kelsey Hatcher, a 32-year-old mom of three, and her husband Caleb said they were very surprised to learn earlier this year that ...