News about Lili Elbe

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Alves, a British-Brazilian reality actress and TV presenter, says she'd be 'first in the queue' if womb transplants became safe and available for transwomen. Despite having given up on a womb transplant earlier this year, she told MailOnline she was already dreaming about one day getting a belly bump. However, leading experts in the field predicted that clinical trials for womb transplants for transwomen, who were born biologically males, would be available within the next two years. Jessica, a former Celebrity Big Brother housemate, has confirmed that she would definitely consider doing the pioneering procedure. 'It's a dream to be mother and have a bump in my belly, and to know I can have the extension of myself,' the host said.' Infertile biological women trying to become mothers are the current recipients of womb transplants, but experts claim a similar procedure could be carried out for biological males with only modest improvements. Jessica told this website that she was irritated by the inability of having a child naturally. "I've had all the surgeries to be as close as possible to a biological woman," she said. 'But I can't have children,' he says.'

EXCL: MailOnline delves into the tumultuous world of womb transplants for transwomen, a development that may have paved the way for the first female biological male to become pregnant and give birth. In theory, a diagram (left) shows how the pioneering procedure might work. In biological women, omb transplants have already been successful, offering fertility to those who are infertile. Only modest changes will be needed to make it a reality for males, according to world-renowned transplantation experts who were involved in the first birth of a baby (top right) after a deceased woman's womb. With Danish transwoman Lili Elbe (bottom right) in 1931, such a procedure was only attempted once before, nearly 100 years ago. She died three months after suffering from a cardiac arrest triggered by a post-operative infection. But experts agree that trying again is the right option.