First woman in the US to receive Uterus transplant said she prayed to God’ to be pregnant

The first U.S. woman to get a uterus transplant identified by just her first name, Lindsey, said she “prayed to God” that she would someday be able to get pregnant, because she was told at 16 that she would never be able to bear children. Two weeks after undergoing the first uterus transplant in the U.S., Lindsey, who is now 26 and in a wheelchair said that she and her husband have adopted three children from the foster care system.

“I want to be open and honest about my story,”. “I was told I would never have children. I prayed that God would allow me to experience pregnancy.”

“The concept is you don’t want to keep the patient on anti-rejection drugs for the rest of her life,” Falcone explained. “You’re looking at five years on these drugs. We want to minimize long-term risk.”