Emily65Roses
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Okay so I’m going to ask a rather odd question. A CFer I talk to just asked why I couldn’t have kids, and I explained to her that I had a hysterectomy at 18, blah blah etc. She asked if they could replace it, as in transplant. At first I thought it was a ludicrous question, but the more I thought about it, the more I wondered… Why not?
So I put “uterus transplant” into Google and looked at the first article that came up. It said it has been performed. The uterus created two successful periods, but then it failed and had to be removed. The only reason I've seen so far about why not to do the surgery is because it's unethical to perform a transplant and put one on the rejection drugs if it's not to save a life. It said all over the article that it’s ethically irresponsible because of this.
Now my question is… I understand it’s not worth risking alone. But if I get a double-lung someday anyway, why not just add a uterus to the bill, you know? By then I will have to be on the anti-rejection drugs anyway, so the added foreign organ doesn’t seem too outrageous.
I can’t believe I never thought of it before. I’ve had a lot of trouble adjusting to the idea that I can never carry my own kids over the last 2+ years. But it never once occurred to me to question the idea of a uterus transplant.
Basically I’m looking for everyone’s opinions. What do you guys think of the idea? Of its possibility? Of the (extra) risks? (That is to say, the risks that would come out of the uterus transplant alone, instead of the whole process including the lungs). And if anyone knows information about this that it appears I’m not aware of (which is most), please feel free to share.
PS – I’m not looking for my other options as far as having children go here. I’m aware of what those options are (surrogacy, adoption), and will probably end up going down one of those routes anyway. It’s just the “ideal” to carry one’s own children, so I figure why not at least look into it?
So I put “uterus transplant” into Google and looked at the first article that came up. It said it has been performed. The uterus created two successful periods, but then it failed and had to be removed. The only reason I've seen so far about why not to do the surgery is because it's unethical to perform a transplant and put one on the rejection drugs if it's not to save a life. It said all over the article that it’s ethically irresponsible because of this.
Now my question is… I understand it’s not worth risking alone. But if I get a double-lung someday anyway, why not just add a uterus to the bill, you know? By then I will have to be on the anti-rejection drugs anyway, so the added foreign organ doesn’t seem too outrageous.
I can’t believe I never thought of it before. I’ve had a lot of trouble adjusting to the idea that I can never carry my own kids over the last 2+ years. But it never once occurred to me to question the idea of a uterus transplant.
Basically I’m looking for everyone’s opinions. What do you guys think of the idea? Of its possibility? Of the (extra) risks? (That is to say, the risks that would come out of the uterus transplant alone, instead of the whole process including the lungs). And if anyone knows information about this that it appears I’m not aware of (which is most), please feel free to share.
PS – I’m not looking for my other options as far as having children go here. I’m aware of what those options are (surrogacy, adoption), and will probably end up going down one of those routes anyway. It’s just the “ideal” to carry one’s own children, so I figure why not at least look into it?