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Sterile Woman Gives Birth

She receives ovary from twin

By NESITA KWAN
Updated 12:20 PM CST, Fri, Nov 21, 2008

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Susanne Butscher offers her remarkable story as a sign of hope for all women.

Ms. Butscher suffered early menopause at age 15 and was completely sterile. But recently she had an amazing one of a kind surgery, receiving a whole ovary from her twin sister. She went on to conceive naturally and now has a healthy baby girl.

The doctors at The Infertility Center of St. Louis have transplanted ovarian tissue on twins in the past, but Mrs. Butscher's surgery was the first time a whole ovary was tranplanted.

First Published: Nov 20, 2008 11:50 AM CST

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