Uterus transplant: My sister gave me her womb

Lolita Wasterlund is one of the few people in the world to have a uterine transplant. Her sister donated her uterus - the first and only time this has happened between siblings.

Lolita was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome which meant she had only one kidney, a shortened vagina and no uterus.

She told BBC Radio 5 live's Sarah Brett and Nihal Arthanayake it was 'really hard’ because 'she always wanted a baby' and 'always wanted to be a mother'.

Doctors from the University of Gothenburg performed the surgery which is seen as particularly risky when there is a living donor.

Lolita's sister Linda said she wasn't scared before the surgery, but after:

'"When Lolita had got my womb and everything then I got scared then I was thinking if something could happen to me or what happens if it doesn't work and I've put false hope into my sister's mind".

Lolita gave birth to a son Cash-Douglas in June 2015.

This clip is from Afternoon Edition on 12 October 2016.

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