--- title: First Uterus Transplant Patient in U.S. 'Prayed for Years' description: "I am so thankful to this amazing team of doctors and all the nurses and staff" canonical: https://time.com/4250575/uterus-transplant-patient-prayed-grateful/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-08T03:21:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:41:58.891Z article:section: Health og:title: First Uterus Transplant Patient in U.S. 'Prayed for Years' og:description: She says she is grateful for the chance to give birth to a child og:url: https://time.com/4250575/uterus-transplant-patient-prayed-grateful/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee9aab4efd358c35/69888a075f570fc9bdb1fed9/ap_1603071919546190.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3556 og:image:height: 2000 og:image:alt: Uterus Transplant og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: First Uterus Transplant Patient in U.S. 'Prayed for Years' twitter:description: She says she is grateful for the chance to give birth to a child twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee9aab4efd358c35/69888a075f570fc9bdb1fed9/ap_1603071919546190.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # First Uterus Transplant Patient in U.S. Says She's 'Grateful for the Chance' > Sponsored content. 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The young woman, identified only as Lindsey, said she’d adopted three “beautiful little boys” but yearned to also experience pregnancy. 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