Two women, connected forever by a unique medical procedure. A York County, Pennsylvania, woman received a donated uterus from another woman from Pennsylvania to help her finally become a mother. The two women saw each other for the first time this week, along with the baby girl they helped bring into the world.
Video above: 1st U.S. baby born to mother with transplanted uterus Uterine transplant was not possible when the physician who performed this surgery first became a doctor.
On Tuesday, the eighth baby born after a successful uterine transplant through Penn Medicine was introduced to the world. For the two mothers involved — the donor and the recipient — their first meeting was all about little Olivia, who stole the spotlight. Emma Dolzal, 33, was born without a uterus and feared she would never be a mother until she learned about a uterine transplant trial at Penn Medicine.
Sara Leister, a 40-year-old nurse, saw news of the new uterine transplant surgeries and applied to donate her uterus. "I get to see a part of my miracle face-to-face," Dolzal said. "So, this is a beautiful moment.
This is a moment that I've been looking, you know, forward to." "I don't know, I think there's just a part of me that, like, knew that there was going to be a baby at the end," Leister said. "And here she is.
And it's amazing." "I'm just so happy right now," Dolzal said. The women met for the first time Tuesday, expressing gratitude to each other and cherishing the outcome of their jour.
