uterus transplant fails

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(clicky)first U.S. uterus transplant fails due to emergent complication
sad. pray for her please. or send good thoughts.
some would say uterine transplantation is a boon for women who can't otherwise have kids. others would say the world is overpopulated as it is and/or there are too many orphans who need parents. what do y'all think of this new medical way?

I think that it's unnecessary, and I wouldn't want one if I needed it to have more children. I'd rather adopt. And I wouldn't want a surrogate, unless it was someone I knew well.

But other people can do as they please.

I think they really need to put more money into researching how to grow complex organs using a person's own stem cells.

A uterus grown from a woman's own cells is much more likely to be successfully implanted and permanently integrated into her body than a donor uterus.

I think it's to each their own as far as reproduction and making children to raise from your own gametes versus adopting children who are already alive and in desperate need of parents. But I do wish there were more people who wanted to adopt children that are already here and parent-less.....as much as genetic heritage is a kind of link to someone (and can be special for some people....admittedly, I think it's kind of special, but that's probably only because I have such a powerful emotional connection to my parents -- without that emotional connection I expect I wouldn't care at all....because I also think:), it's certainly not the only kind of link and it is far from the most important one.

^^^ the spiritual link IMHO is far more important. the kludgy aspect of the whole uterine transplant thing is that we still don't know how to hook up all the nerves properly so that it will work as an organic part of the body, all we can do is hook up the blood supply and the mechanics [ligaments and such knitting together] but it just hangs in there and provides basic life support to a gestation but doesn't behave like a normal uterus would in terms of delivering the infant, a C-section was required for delivery as the normal cervical function was absent.

and normal intercourse also would not have been enough to make a pregnancy happen with the transplanted uterus, as an in vitro was planned to make that happen.

My take on it is that from a pure parenting point of view, it is unnecessary. There are so many children who need parents. But if someone truly feels that they *need* to pass on their genetics because theirs are so far superior and are needed to ensure the survival of the human race, there are surrogate mothers who will carry the fertilized egg. That latter choice is by far the better one (compared to a uterine transplant) if the purpose is to have a viable, healthy child and minimize risk to both the mother(s) and child.

I see uterus transplants as more of an experiment, but possibly an important one in immune/autoimmune, organ transplant, and a few other fields of research.

We need more people to become foster parents and adopt,everyone wants a baby when there are so many needy older kids.

she needs our prayers.