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[HappyDaze]

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@Irshgrl31201 wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

does anyone know why she will have her uterus removed after she has a child or after two failed attempts?

Geez, so crazy and risky. I agree with @Irshgrl31201 she has two other children that need her and to take these risks seems crazy and selfish.

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Hey HappyDaze! I think (not sure) one reason would be so she could stop the anti rejection drugs. 

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@Irshgrl31201 hi there! I always enjoy your posts!

So she will be on the anti-rejection drugs will trying to conceive and then during the pregnancy? As someone else mentioned, I wonder how these drugs could affect a developing fetus??

[Irshgrl31201]

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@HappyDaze wrote:

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@Irshgrl31201 wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

does anyone know why she will have her uterus removed after she has a child or after two failed attempts?

Geez, so crazy and risky. I agree with @Irshgrl31201 she has two other children that need her and to take these risks seems crazy and selfish.

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Hey HappyDaze! I think (not sure) one reason would be so she could stop the anti rejection drugs. 

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@Irshgrl31201 hi there! I always enjoy your posts!

So she will be on the anti-rejection drugs will trying to conceive and then during the pregnancy? As someone else mentioned, I wonder how these drugs could affect a developing fetus??

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Oh, thank you! I always enjoy yours too, especially over on Beauty! I am guessing she will be on them during pregnancy, I would think they would be crucial to making sure her body doesn't reject it. I don't know that for sure though. As to the fetus, I am not sure but I would think they wouldn't let her take something that would harm it. ???? I have many questions too. Just the experience I have had with these I can't imagine why someone would take these risks when it was pretty much considered elective surgery. 

[GeorgiaJack]

I think it's amazing. Adoption takes up to 10 years here and is a fortune. In Sweden it's being done for 2 years already. Imagine how many millions of women will be on the list. Incredible and truly beautiful ❤

[Plaid Pants2]

Well, I'm sure that there are women who have had heart transplants, lung transplants, etc, and they have to take anti-rejection medicine, and I'm sure that some of them have become pregnant while on those anti-rejection meds.

I wonder what they do?

[CalminHeart]

Stop judging.  Perhaps this isn't a waste to the young woman.  Or maybe she'll decide whether or not you get heart surgery....it might be a waste in her eye.

[Lipstickdiva]

I don't know if this has already been posted so forgive me.  

The uterus HAS to be removed after about 5 years so the woman can get off the anti-rejection drugs because they have been known to cause cancer.

This has been the focal point of our local news because it happened in my area.  One of the doctors involved actually performed my surgery at the CCF last year.  Loved her.

I have no children and don't really understand the need to have your own when adoption is available, especially at such a risk.

[Lipstickdiva]

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@ValuSkr wrote:

I wonder who donates the uterus - a live donor or one who's passed?

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The donor was a 30 year old woman who passed away unexpectedly.  However, you have to get special permission to obtain a uterus.  It's not a body part that is typically donated if you are an organ donor. 

[Lipstickdiva]

Also, the woman has to wait 1 year for everything to heal before her frozen eggs can be implanted.  She can have 2 pregnancies and that is it.

Both will have to be c-section deliveries as they don't know how an implanted uterus will hold up during a regular delivery.

This surgery was 9 hours long, then she has to take the anti-rejection drugs and then go through another surgery to have the uterus removed.  And of course there is the chance the implanted eggs won't take.     

[Tinkrbl44]

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@CalminHeart wrote:

Stop judging.  Perhaps this isn't a waste to the young woman.  Or maybe she'll decide whether or not you get heart surgery....it might be a waste in her eye.

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You're comparing apples and oranges here.  People NEED a healthy heart or kidney to live.  However, a uterus is really not  a necessary organ.    It's also not up to her to "decide" who is a organ donor recipient.

[HappyDaze]

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

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@ValuSkr wrote:

I wonder who donates the uterus - a live donor or one who's passed?

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The donor was a 30 year old woman who passed away unexpectedly.  However, you have to get special permission to obtain a uterus.  It's not a body part that is typically donated if you are an organ donor. 

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I sure hope they test the uterus for cancer before they re-use it but I don't see how in that short amount of time!