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Here is a link to an article that is about a woman who received ovary and fallopian tube transplant and is about to give birth. It will not be long hopefully that mtf transsexuals will be able to get this surgery and be able to have children also.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/nov/09/health
Hugs,
Jenna From FL
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Wait 'till this shows up
Wait 'till ovaries and uterus pop up as a check-off box on an organ donor card. I can hear the screams already. And would there be a donor age limit? "We have a donor for you, but the woman is over 50 and had her tubes tied 20 years ago." ;-)
They know they can survive
uterus
is the most important thing I think. Plus whether you have enough room to let the baby grow. No matter what a man's abdominal region - unless you received hormones and had a normal female puberty - is different and usually comparatively narrow. I do not mean one needs to be wide enough to have a natural birth though.
Kim
Tissue Rejection
I doubt this will happen soon. Both the ovary and f tube transplant and an earlier slice of ovary transplant happened between identical twins. I don't know how genetically similar two individuals have to be so that there is no tissue rejection, but I think the similarity has to be much closer than between non-identical siblings or a parent and child. If there is any tissue rejection, by the recipient's immune system, anti-rejection drugs are needed and would harm eggs or embryos.
Kim is right, a uterus in which to grow a baby, would be the first step. Just as an ectopic pregnancy is very dangerous, IMHO a close to full term pregnancy without a uterus (as in some stories) seems extremely unlikely.
Possibly an unrejectable uterus could be grown for an MtF from her own stem cells, maybe a whole internal reproductive system. Internal space in the abdomen shouldn't be a problem, non-pregnant GGs don't have any extra space either. A narrow pelvis, however, would be cause for a C-section.
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
seams
It would likely need to be a caesarean birth anyway, since otherwise I'd expect there would be a strong likelihood that a natural delivery would cause the mother to rip open at the seam where her new organs were attached, since everything would be trying to stretch. At the very least, they'd probably want to do an episiotomy.
Don't hold your breath
most of this is still in the realms of science fiction, and it's quite likely that biological females would get first options - with which I don't have a problem, they are likely to be better designed for it. The other problem is auto-immune suppressants may have a deleterious effect upon any baby borne by such a system.
As for male abdomens stretching - just look at the number of beer bellies or fast food fatties, around the place.
Angharad
Angharad
Sounds familiar...
I could be wrong but I believe I saw similar topics before. What I came to understand was that the best chance for it to be a success is if the donor is closely related to you, so a parent or sibling. Also, you'd need to take immune suppressing drugs to prevent your body from attacking the organ, assuming the donor wasn't close to complete compatibility. Another downside to the drugs means it's much easier for you to get sick! However, they figured out that if you stop taking the suppressing drugs during pregnancy your body will not attack the uterus. So, hopefully you won't have to worry about the drugs negatively affecting the baby. Than again, I can't remember where I heard this stuff... so take no stalk in what I wrote.