A YOUNG biology teacher from England is preparing to have her mother's womb transplanted into her - in the hope she can have a baby, carrying it in the same womb that carried her.

Sara Ottosson, 25, was born without reproductive organs.

Her mother, Eva Ottosson, 56, a Nottingham-based businesswoman, has agreed to take part in the complex procedure, The Daily Mail reports.

Miss Ottosson, who lives and works in Stockholm, told the Daily Telegraph she was unconcerned about the implications of receiving the womb that carried her.

"I haven't really thought about that," she said.

"I'm a biology teacher and it's just an organ like any other organ."

The pair hope the complex transplant could happen in Sweden next spring - where Gothenburg doctors have been assessing suitable patients for the surgery.



The Ottossons have gone through the testing process and are waiting to hear if they have been selected for the operation.

If the procedure works, Miss Ottosson will have her own eggs fertilised using her boyfriend's sperm and then implanted into the womb.

When Sara no longer has a use for the womb, it will be removed.



"She needs the womb and if I'm the best donor for her, well, go on," her mother said.



"She needs it more than me.



"I've had two daughters so it's served me well."



Dr Mats Brannstrom, who leads the medical team, said the transplant was one of the most complicated operations in modern medicine.

The surgery is more difficult than transplanting a kidney, liver or heart because it is more difficult to avoid hemorrhages and blood vessels need to be long enough to connect the womb.



The only previous womb transplant occurred in 2000 in Saudi Arabia.

A womb from a 46-year-old was given to a 26-year-old who had lost her uterus because of a hemorrhage, but it had to be removed 99 days later because of complications.



Sara suffers from Mayer Rokitanksy Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, a condition that affects around 1 in 5000 people and meant that she was born without a uterus.

Like most sufferers, she only realised she had the condition when she was a teenager.



If Sara and her mother are not selected for the transplant procedure, she plans to adopt children instead.

