The Bachelorette alum Hannah Brown shocked fans when she announced that she had been diagnosed with a double uterus. What is the condition and what updates has Hannah shared about her health? What Is ...
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 ...
Molecular discoveries may help improve treatments for labor and pain. When labor starts, the uterus must produce steady, ...
A doctor said it "totally changed my mind about many things I thought were set." — -- The doctors who helped deliver the first American baby born from a transplanted uterus opened up about the ...
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 ...
Uterus transplants may be a promising solution for some women with infertility, after a new study found that the transplants didn’t appear to cause any health risks in children born from this method, ...
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 ...
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 ...
An Alabama woman with a double uterus has given birth to a rare case of twins, according to reports. Kelsey Hatcher, 32, gave birth to two baby girls this week in Dora, Alabama, outside Birmingham, ...
Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways Sperm can live for up to five days inside the female reproductive tract.Outside of the body, sperm can live for up to an hour at room ...