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A 26-year-old mother of three adopted children is the first uterus transplant patient in the United States. Lindsey, who is only revealing her first name, received a uterus from an unidentified deceased donor on February 24 at the Cleveland Clinic.
"I was 16 and was told I would never have children and from that moment on, I've prayed that God would allow me that opportunity to experience pregnancy. And here we are today at the beginning of that journey," Lindsey said while sitting in a wheelchair with her husband, Blake, standing behind her.
They are parents to "three beautiful little boys" whom they adopted through the foster system, she said. She expressed gratitude to the family of the donor and to the medical team that performed the surgery, which took more than nine hours, and is caring for her.
First U.S. uterus transplant patient recipient is mom of 3 - CNN.com
Wow, good for her!