Story highlights A 21-year-old has become the first recipient of a uterus transplant in India

It will take over a year before the patient knows if she is able to become pregnant

(CNN) In the first surgery of its kind in India, a mother has donated her uterus to her 21-year-old daughter.

The 43-year-old offered to undergo the procedure so that her daughter, who was born without a uterus, can experience childbirth.

The uterus, or womb, transplant took place in the city of Pune in southwest India, Thursday.

The surgery was performed by a team of doctors at Pune's Galaxy Care Hospital and led by the hospital's medical director, Dr. Shailesh Puntambekar.

"The patients are fine. The surgery took nine and a half hours in total," he said.

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