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Miami doctors say they believe a five-organ transplant patient is the first to deliver a baby, making her the first reported case in the world.
Fatema Al Ansari was 19 and living in Qatar when she was diagnosed with a blood clot in a major vein to the intestine. In 2007, she underwent surgery at Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami and was given a new liver, pancreas, stomach and small and large intestine. Five years later, she gave birth to a girl.
Al Ansari faced some complications during pregnancy, but her doctors say she is capable of having more children.
Al Ansari says it's "the best feeling in the world" to be a mother. Her doctors add there are no reported cases of a five-organ transplant patient in the world giving birth.
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Congratulations to Ms Ansari...and the baby. But why did Ms Ansari not consider adoption? How long does a five organ patient live, and can they deal with the demands of parenting well? With so much population would it not be helpful to have more adoptions, more women without children and more women opting for fewer kids...especially the sick ones and ones whose medical care is expensive?
For all we know, she probably figured she would never manage to have a child. This was the case with my friend, who had a bone marrow transplant in Sept 2008, and in February 2011 gave birth to a little boy. She had NO hope of ever having children, it wasn't planned AND they had protected sex. Things just happen sometimes, with no rhyme or reason.
I had a friend with an organ transplant look into adoption and she was turned down everywhere she went due to her health , even though she is married, stable income, etc etc etc. The only chance for my friend to have a child was to have one herself...sad
I think its a miracle that 5 organs transplanted women became a mother. We hope that she will spend a healthy life ahead.