The birth of Benjamin Thomas Gobrecht defied both expectation and imagination: his mother, 33-year-old Jennifer Gobrecht, was born without a uterus. Benjamin, who was delivered via c-section at HUP in November 2019, grew inside a womb Jennifer received as part of an organ transplant research trial over a year earlier.
Benjamin is the first baby born as part of Penn Medicine’s ongoing Uterus Transplantation for Uterine Factor Infertility (UNTIL) trial, which launched in 2017. He is the second baby in the nation to be born following transplantation of a uterus from a deceased donor. The UNTIL trial is currently the only U.S. uterus transplant trial that is actively enrolling patients.
Read more about this incredible milestone at https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2020/january/penn-medicine-birth-marks-a-milestone-in-uterus-transplant-clinical-trial.