In this undated photograph provided by Penn Medicine, Benjamin Gobrecht is held my his mother Jennifer at their home in Ridley Park, Pa. Jennifer gave birth in November 2019 following a uterine transplant.
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Woman with transplanted uterus gives birth to ‘miracle’ baby
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Penn Medicine via AP
In this undated photograph provided by Penn Medicine, Benjamin Gobrecht is held my his mother Jennifer at their home in Ridley Park, Pa. Jennifer gave birth in November 2019 following a uterine transplant.
(Undated) — A Pennsylvania woman who gave birth to a boy she carried inside a transplanted womb says the experimental procedure delivered a “miracle.”
Jennifer Gobrecht and her husband, Drew Gobrecht, appeared Thursday at a news conference in Philadelphia.
Their child, Benjamin, was the first baby born as part of Penn Medicine’s 2-year-old uterine transplant trial and the eighth baby in the United States to be born to the recipient of a uterus transplant.
Jennifer Gobrecht underwent a 10-hour transplant procedure in 2018.
The uterus came from a deceased donor.
She says, “Benjamin is truly a miracle, and we feel beyond lucky to have him.”
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