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The 6 times your period pain could be a medical emergency – from a womb puncture to pregnancy
The 6 times your period pain could be a medical emergency – from a womb puncture to pregnancy MOST of us take period camps to be part and parcel of periods, right? It’s true that pain is part of the normal mechanism of menstruation, according to the NHS. Period pain that can be pinpointed to a very specific area could…
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Womb condition charity slammed for hiring trans woman as chief executive
Womb condition charity slammed for hiring trans woman as chief executive A WOMB condition charity is under fire for hiring a trans woman as its chief executive. Steph Richards, 71, was appointed as the head of Endometriosis South Coast on Sunday. X Charity Endometriosis South Coast has faced backlash for hiring a trans woman as its chief executive[/caption] Endometriosis…
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Hamas ‘sliced baby out of pregnant Israeli’s womb’ while bodies of 20 children found tied
Brutal Hamas terrorists sliced a baby out of a pregnant Israeli’s womb, it has been claimed as the bodies of 20 children are found tied up and burned. Israel troops discovered the horrors in Be’eri Kibbutz following Saturday’s hellish attacks on the country. A commander of an emergency response unit is said to have broken down in tears as he…
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‘I lend my womb to strangers so they can have a baby’
Ashley, from Ontario, Canada, realised just a month after having her baby son that she wanted to help others Now, the mum-of-one – who intitially had no intention of having children of her own – is five months pregnant with a baby she’s carrying for two strangers from Australia. The 30-year-old is due to welcome Cameron Green and Fernando Rosas’…
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The 7 ‘camouflaged’ symptoms of deadly womb cancer most women ignore
WOMB cancer is the fourth most common type of the disease in women in the UK. But worryingly, many have no idea what the most common symptoms are, meaning it’s often found at a late stage. Getty Many Brits don’t know the key signs of womb cancer, campaigners warn[/caption] Almost 10,000 people are diagnosed every year. Around 2,500 die. Of…
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Mum offers to donate womb so daughter born without a uterus can have a baby
However, 10 years on, this is now a possibility thanks to Dannielle’s mum, 48-year-old Erica Turner, who has offered to be a womb donor. The generous act would mean that Dannielle’s baby would grow inside the very same womb that she did. Dannielle was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome – a rare congenital disorder that affects the female reproductive system…
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Warning over most common womb cancer symptom most women are ignoring
Over 9,700 women, and people with genealogical organs, are diagnosed in the UK each year with this kind of cancer, and 90% of these people, if diagnosed early, will survive. When found at a late stage, it goes down to a 15% survival rate for five or more years. Currently, one in five patients with womb cancer are still not…
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Cis woman womb transplant opens door for trans women birthing kids
A 34-year-old cis woman in England is the first recipient of a transplanted uterus in the United Kingdom. The operation brings the possibility of uterine transplantation and reproduction in trans women one step closer to reality. The cis woman received the reproductive organ during an operation lasting more than nine hours at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford. The procedure was…
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Womb transplants may be the dawn of a new age, but they fill me with foreboding | Sonia Sodha
Good news stories can feel few and far between these days. The pace of progress means they are often medical; there’s always new life-saving and life-changing treatments on the horizon. Perhaps that explains the breathy excitement with which the UK’s first womb transplant was reported last week – transferred from an older sister who has had children to a younger…
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First UK womb transplant branded massive success as 'selfless' mum, 40, donates uterus to childess younger sister in huge medical breakthrough after crucial 17-hour operation – giving thousands of sterile British women hope
The UK’s first womb transplant has seen a sister successfully donate to her childless sibling. The procedure marks a huge breakthrough for thousands of British women who might otherwise be unable to give birth. The intricate surgery to remove the womb from the donor and implant it in her sister involved two teams and eight surgeons who worked in neighbouring…
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