First Womb Transplant

Surgeons hail world's first womb transplant
"The world's first womb transplant has taken place on a 26-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia, it is revealed today, raising the hopes of thousands of childless couples whose only chance of a baby is currently surrogacy."

Wow. Transplantable wombs. Hope for childless couples. Now if only they can have transplantable deliveries.

I dunno... some women want to experience the pain of delivering a child, while others prefer a walking epidural or a cesarean even before the first contraction starts. Some believe the travails of childbirth forge a stronger bond between mother and child, while others prefer other "bonding" experiences.

What do you think? Is childbirth pain an essential part of motherhood?

[ First posted on 03/07/2002 by Manuel Viloria ]