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A mother who became the first in the world to give birth after having a womb transplant from a dead donor has described the “miracle” of being able to have a healthy baby.

Fabiana Amorim de Lima, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Luisa, in the first successful surgical procedure of its kind.

The 34-year-old was born without a womb due to a rare genetic disorder, but thanks to the organ donation from a 45-year-old woman, was able to conceive and carry her own baby.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, the mother-of-one has opened up about the remarkable experience, revealing she was not fearful or frightened during the risky pregnancy.

She said: “I was absolutely certain it would work out, I was never worried about anything and I wasn’t for one moment afraid of the surgery.”

Ms Amorim de Lima, a psychologist, said she learned she did not have a womb in the weeks before she was due to get married.

The new mother said although she was 28 and had never had a period, she did not visit a doctor to ask why.

She said: “When I decided to get married I thought it was time to find out what the problem was, and after lots of tests we discovered that, although I had eggs, I had no womb.

“There was no chance I’d ever be able to get pregnant.”

Desperate to carry her own child, Ms Amorim de Lima and her husband Claudio Santos started to do their own research into the condition to try and find out what options were available to them.

Although Mr Santos said he would be open to adoption, Ms Amorim de Lima said it had been a dream to carry her own baby, and so they tried to find other women who had the same syndrome.

Through a Facebook group, the couple discovered the Hospital da Clinicas in Sao Paulo, which was looking to find women without a womb to take part in medical experiment.

Mr Santos said the couple were warned about the dangers of taking part in such a risky procedure, though.

He said: “They told us they would have to connect veins and arteries, that it was very intricate and there could be many complications, and that included the risk to Fabiana’s own life.

“I talked with her about it. My heart was open to adoption, but she was convinced that it was what she wanted. Her dream was to generate her own child, and to achieve it she would do anything.

“So we entered into an agreement to go through with it, aware of the risks, including to her own life.”

Ms Amorim de Lima, whose daughter just turned one, said: “It was important to me to have that experience, to get pregnant, to see my child in an ultrasound, to carry her, to feel her inside of me and to give birth.

“It was everything I wanted and it consumed me. I was prepared to take whatever risks were necessary to make it happen.

“It was a slightly strange feeling at first, knowing that I was carrying the womb of another person, who had now passed away.

“But at the same time it was emotional, knowing that someone who had already gone could do something so wonderful for me.”

30 people were present at Luisa’s birth, last December, and the couple said the daughter is now happy and healthy, and was recently baptised.

The couple added they are looking to have more children, but have considered adoption for their next child.

Mr Santos said: “We have decided that the next child we have will be adopted. I had always wanted to adopt, rather than Fabiana have to go through what she did. I want to tell Luisa everything when she’s old. I’ll tell her about her mum’s bravery and determination, of everything she went through to bring her into the world