Men might now be able to get pregnant
This could happen as soon as tomorrow.
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According to one of the world’s leading fertility professor, men could start getting pregnant any day now - thanks to womb transplant developments, reports The Independent.
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Dr Richard Paulson, outgoing president of American Society for Reproductive Medicine said that with advancements in science, it is possible to now allow similar operations to be carried out on those who started their lives as men. He also mentioned that people who have gone under sex-change operations may want to avail this opportunity which would allow them to conceive a baby. He further explained that there was not anatomical reason why a womb can’t be successfully implanted in a transgender woman. He added that men and women may have different shaped pelvis but both have room for an implanted womb.
The process would however, be highly complicated and transgender women will have to deliver through caesarean. Moreover, hormones will have to be injected to replicate the changes that take place while a woman is pregnant.
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Despite advancements, the womb transplant is still an experimental procedure. Many British experts warn that pregnancy in transgender women can be deemed unethical as it could pose risk to the fetus. While carrying a baby may give psychological benefit to the mother, it needs to be “weighed against any psychological harm to the child being born in this atypical way,” said Julian Savulescu, professor of practical ethics at Oxford university.
At least five babies have been born in Sweden since 2014 to women who received womb transplants. However, the first attempt in Britain will be carried out next year by Dr Richard Smith of Imperial College London.
According to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, it is illegal for an IVF clinic in the UK to create an embryo for the purpose of implanting it in a man.
First pregnant man in Britain gives birth to a girl
Dr Richard Paulson, outgoing president of American Society for Reproductive Medicine said that with advancements in science, it is possible to now allow similar operations to be carried out on those who started their lives as men. He also mentioned that people who have gone under sex-change operations may want to avail this opportunity which would allow them to conceive a baby. He further explained that there was not anatomical reason why a womb can’t be successfully implanted in a transgender woman. He added that men and women may have different shaped pelvis but both have room for an implanted womb.
The process would however, be highly complicated and transgender women will have to deliver through caesarean. Moreover, hormones will have to be injected to replicate the changes that take place while a woman is pregnant.
Transgender man in US gives birth to baby boy
Despite advancements, the womb transplant is still an experimental procedure. Many British experts warn that pregnancy in transgender women can be deemed unethical as it could pose risk to the fetus. While carrying a baby may give psychological benefit to the mother, it needs to be “weighed against any psychological harm to the child being born in this atypical way,” said Julian Savulescu, professor of practical ethics at Oxford university.
At least five babies have been born in Sweden since 2014 to women who received womb transplants. However, the first attempt in Britain will be carried out next year by Dr Richard Smith of Imperial College London.
According to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, it is illegal for an IVF clinic in the UK to create an embryo for the purpose of implanting it in a man.