Womb TransplantFollow

Weird. I know I wouldn't take a donated uterus. The idea of taking anti-rejection drugs during the entire pregnancy would just terrify me of the possible affects it would have on the baby. Also, after adopting already, I know that I would go the adoption route.

This is a very slippery slope and will no doubt lead to this.

What if it was a brain-dead woman on life support with a transplanted womb full of Snowflake babies? What would the ethical considerations be then?

I have no strong ethical/moral qualms against the procedure itself (aside from some 'ick' factor) but I'd be very curious in the medical science behind it; most notably the effect of the medications upon the fetus and the chance of a successful pregnancy.Could I fill it with pennies and hit people with it?

Dunno about accepting a uterus, I'm a bloke and a vegetarian at that.

But what about a tongue transplant? Imagine waking up with someone elses tongue... that would truly be icky.

And would it make you speak with the donors accent?

And a preference for sugar in your coffee, whereas before you had it without.....

this thread delivers.
can't beat hot ***** uterus action...

YES!! PUT YOUR UTERUS IN ME!! LIKE THAT!!! YEAHH!!!


ok, I'm done.

It's against God. If you're uterus is missing or defective it means he does not want you making bebes. There's always adoption, or kidnapping.

Yeah. I admit, I'm a little judgemental on this aspect of things, especially considering the number of women I've encountered who have had years and years of struggles with fertility issues. You'd think I'd be a little more sympathetic, but what it basically comes down to is that spending years of heartache and frustration and tens of thousands of dollars so that you can spawn a kid from your own loins is just plain old STUPID when there are so many children in need of good homes, if you're willing to adopt someone other than the Perfect White Infant.

Mr. Ambrya and I agreed long before we started trying to conceive that if it should happen that we encountered fertility troubles, we'd give an effort to the run-on-the-mill, non-invasive stuff (i.e. going on Clomid if it turned out we were having anovulatory cycles) but we'd draw the line at things like laparoscopic surgery and IVF and such, and just adopt. I guess neither of us have that intense of a need to pass our genes along that we're willing to go to that sort of heartache and expense. I would regret missing the opportunity to experience pregnancy, because it's been a subject of endless fascination for me since childhood, but I would ultimately be okay with it.

As is it, we will almost certainly end up adopting anyway. We'll have this kid, and we'll give some consideration to having one more, but we won't have more than two of our own, because with overpopulation becoming the problem it is, that just seems irresponsible. Either way, we feel a pretty intense obligation to share our home with a child who needs it, so we will almost certainly adopt a non-white, special-needs non-infant. And not one of these overseas vanity "oh look at my Cambodian import!" adoptions either.





Edited, Jan 16th 2007 5:41pm by Ambrya

So, Namibian then?

Like it or hate it, the human body is, in essance, a biological machine. If you get a car that has a crappy stereo, what do you do? Do you say "well, that sucks, the stereo is broken, woe is me..." or do you go "hmm... I like music, I think I will install a new one!"

It's no different here. If a body organ fails to work the way it is suppose to, there's nothing wrong with replacing it with one that works properly. Why let good "hardware" go to rot? If you had a nice '50s Trans-am that's engine was blown, but had great bucket-seats, would you send the whole thing to the junk pile to rot? No--you'd take the seats out and sell them to someone who could use them.

We already do this, all the time, with hearts, livers, kidneys, etc. taken from people who have died who no longer need them. Why should wombs be any different?

Once cloning does get underway (which it will... no science can be outlawed forever, it just goes underground) you'll see lots of organ-parts grown in labs and you'll think nothing more about getting a lung transplant than you would about getting an air filter changed.

Further along the future, I see a period where many organs, muscles, etc. will be replaced by superior mechanical parts that extend life considerably. But that's a whole different ball game.

The future is in my pants.

/flex

Oh, there's at least three of them in there. The future is multifaceted.

So, you're saying that just because a woman wants a uterus it should be given to her. ***** the risk to the patient and fetus.