'Miracle' baby born to first UK womb transplant from dead donor - BBC News

Grace Bell, who was born without a viable womb, says her little boy is "simply a miracle".

Figure caption, Grace Bell told the BBC 'words can't explain' experience of having a baby By Philippa Roxby Health reporter Published 24 February 2026 A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to be born using a womb transplanted from a dead donor. Grace Bell, who is in her 30s and was born without a viable womb, says her little boy Hugo, who is now 10 weeks old, is "simply a miracle". Bell and her partner Steve Powell, from Kent, paid tribute to the "kindness and selflessness" of the donor and her family for their "incredible gift", while also thanking medical teams in Oxford and London

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