Recipients of Baylor Scott & White Health’s uterus transplant program, alongside their babies, will meet donors in a special event to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Getting pregnant would have been just a dream for some mothers attending the event. Thanks to Baylor’s uterus transplant program, where women who are done having children can donate their uterus to other women, their dreams became a reality.
According to Baylor, the uterus transplant program at Baylor University Medical Center, the largest of its kind globally, offers women with absolute uterine factor infertility a chance to have children.
“Baylor University Medical Center is the first transplant program in the world to offer uterus transplants outside of a clinical trial,” Baylor wrote on its website. “We have the only program in the United States to deliver babies using uteri from both living and deceased donors and the first uterus transplant program in the nation to successfully deliver two babies from one transplanted uterus.”
According to NBC 5, Baylor will host a private event on May 7 for recipient mothers, their babies, and their donors.
For the first time since her transplant, one mother attending the event met her donor on May 5.
Jennifer Dingle and her husband Jason could not have children of their own until Cassie Dunn donated her uterus to Jenifer four years ago.
According to NBC 5, Jennifer, born without a uterus, is now raising two children thanks to Cassie’s donation.
“Thank you for giving us the biggest gift that we could ever imagine,” said Jennifer to Cassie during their first meeting since the transplant.
The two women were happy to meet each other and their families for the first time.
“I’m just happy to start this new friendship with you,” Jennifer told Cassie.
Cassie, a mother of four, said she donated her uterus to the program to help other women experience the joy of pregnancy.
“I want to get to know the girls. I’m super excited about that. I mean, that’s incredible!” said Cassie.
According to Baylor, women can be recipients in the program if they are of childbearing age between 20 to 40, non-smokers, cancer-free for five years, negative for HIV and hepatitis B and C, have no history of diabetes, and are of healthy weight.