@...@What Rachel, 34, craves most in the world is *to carry my own child*. But this would seem impossible, because Rachel does not have a womb. © After suffering crippling endometriosis for many years, she had a hysterectomy eight years ago.
@...@Since she and husband Glyn married in 2013, they*ve discussed their options: surrogacy and adoption. But Rachel, a nurse, longs for her own pregnancy.
But surely without a womb, that*s not possible? © Not necessarily, surgeons have just been granted permission to perform womb transplants in the UK for the first time ~ and the first baby born as a result could arrive in late 2017 or 2018.