\u2018Jed Newton. The hospital? Yes that\u2019s right the wife\u2019s on the list. We was told she\u2019d be a proper good match in the right circumstances but\u2026 What? An opportunity has\u2026? I\u2019m not following you, mate. Listen now, she was informed the chances weren\u2019t great due to the rarity of\u2026 What? A dying woman has what\u2026? Are you saying Tracy can have her womb transplant?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018I went there, Jed, and they\u2019re sure I\u2019m suitable. The head on me\u2019s reeling. I\u2019ve never got my hopes up, no, but now it seems it\u2019ll happen. And I keep thinking of her I do, though I don\u2019t know her name, nor nothing of her except she\u2019s about to die. Some part of me doesn\u2019t want that, but a selfish part does. Three organs for donation she\u2019s authorised but a womb, see, falls outside of normal consent. It\u2019s the family who\u2019ve decided hers can be used. The hospital rang them and they immediately agreed. Jed, we finally have a chance!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I call her Donna, Donna the donor. Her womb is in me now. Must start thinking of it as my<\/em> womb. Transplant successful and soon fertility treatment will begin. Today\u2019s my thirtieth. Wonder what age she was. Real kindness from her family that. I don\u2019t have the words to thank them, even if I knew who they were. They\u2019ve allowed a complete stranger to fulfil her dream of becoming a mum. And if Jed and I are fortunate \u2013 the hospital team are optimistic \u2013 I can then try for more<\/em> children. Not just one. Years of no hope blown away. We\u2019re going to have a family<\/em>! I get emotional thinking about it, I do. That little voice within that kept saying it\u2019s all make-believe has gone. It\u2019s real!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s a photo, online and in the papers, of a smiling mother and infant: Tracy and Emma thank dead donor<\/em>. My husband, John, just shakes his head. Is that in amazement at this byproduct of our daughter\u2019s passing? It\u2019s more likely the loss of her, less than a year ago and still raw for us. John went upstairs after looking at the photo. He often sits down on the bed and stares into space, seeing Philippa somewhere outside the window, beyond the suburban streets, beyond the surrounding countryside, maybe even beyond the distant sea. He wants her to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Losing Phillipa broke us into thousands of fragments. We still find them daily \u2013 jagged, hurtful, ripping. But today I\u2019ve glimpsed her legacy: \u2018a miracle birth due to the selflessness of the donor\u2019s parents,\u2019Tracy said. Phillipa, a single mother, left one other item to the world: her son, Tom, six now. Her final gift to us, unexpected yet treasured. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just one dark cloud: I need to share with John my scan results. Not yet though. He has enough worries. Soon, because I\u2019m very concerned. I\u2019m glad he went along with my suggestion of the womb donation. Leaving something for others after you die is good. Yes, good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2018Jed Newton. The hospital? Yes that\u2019s right the wife\u2019s on the list. We was told she\u2019d be a proper good match in the right circumstances but\u2026 What? An opportunity has\u2026? I\u2019m not following you, mate. Listen now, she was informed the chances weren\u2019t great due to the rarity of\u2026 What? 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