Im watching Dr Phil and they are talking about a uterus transplant....WTF?!?! I can see a heart or a kidney, but a uterus????

Why not?

can they do fallopian tubes??? :giggle

i dont see the big deal with it.

Well some women have been forced to have hysterectomies or have other damage and I can completely see the need.

I always appreciate when modern medicine looks to women and their fertility instead of just men and theirs. Hopefully insurance companies can start thinking about more then just men and cover it (along w/ countless other female fertility/birth control procedures).

I don't see what the big deal is really. It seems like it would be like any other transplant.

I actually think it's great this procedure would be available to people :yes

Hey, if anyone wants mine it will be on the market by Christmastime! A little stretched out, but proven to hold babies, yup. :lol

On a more serious note, I think it's great. I'm definitely considering surrogacy and would donate mine after for sure if it becomes more common and is effective!

it just seems weird....I dunno, I could see if maybe it was a cadaver uterus, but they are talking ones from live women to from hysterectomys and the like. Dont they usually take them out because there is something wrong........

I dunno, it just seems kinda creepy, then again, I have cadaver bits in me already.....hmmmm

Well some women have been forced to have hysterectomies or have other damage and I can completely see the need.

I always appreciate when modern medicine looks to women and their fertility instead of just men and theirs. Hopefully insurance companies can start thinking about more then just men and cover it (along w/ countless other female fertility/birth control procedures).

wouldnt that be nice. i think in the long run a transplant would probably cost the same or less as IVF for a surrogate (if the IVF takes the first time).

I thought about surrogacy too. I dont think there is anything wrong with it, I think it just caught me off gaurd because its not an organ I would normally associate with transplants.....

they transplant a lot of things like eye parts, skin, fingers etc.

cool!! That is a nifty idea.

:thinking

Transplant is a pretty major operation. I don't think I'd have one unless it was necessary in order for me to live.

In other words, I wouldn't bother with a uterus transplant. For me, the risks would outweigh the benefits.

My best friend had a hysterectomy, at 26, She gets married in Sept, and the only way they'll ever have kids is by adoption, so i think its a great idea.

I think it is a cool idea... yea I agree it caught me off guard, but still if it is for the better to help a couple fulfill a dream of a family I say Hell Yeah...