Meet Hugo, the first baby born in the UK after womb transplant from dead donor

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A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother who received a womb from a dead donor.Hugo Powell was delivered weighing 6lb 13oz (3.1kg) in December at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.The transplant marks the first birth in the UK using a womb from a deceased donor, with only two previous cases ever reported in Europe.

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00:04it was it was simply a miracle I never ever thought that that this would be possible the

00:10midwives and the nurses that were in the hospital were just incredible absolutely incredible they

00:16really really helped me during that time and again it just felt it just felt quite unreal

00:21at that time because this has been a long journey for us both and yeah it was just I remember

00:28waking

00:29up in the morning and seeing his little face and with his little dummy in and yeah it felt

00:35like I needed to wake up from a dream it was it was just incredible from where we started to

00:47first

00:47meeting to where we are today with Hugo is nothing short of a miracle really after everything we've

00:53been through me I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life

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