I find this story absolutely fascinating. I didn't even know such a thing as an ovarian transplant was possible but there's the proof it works.

'Miracle' daughter for ovary transplant mother
Published Date: 16 November 2008

A WOMAN who gave birth after receiving the world's first whole ovary transplant yesterday described her newborn baby daughter as “a little miracle”.

Susanne Butscher, 39, was given the ovary by her twin sister a year ago after she suffered an early menopause.

She has named her daughter Maja after the Roman goddess of fertility and hopes her experience will offer hope to other women who may benefit from the pioneering procedure.

Yesterday the new mum said: “Being a mother at last is an indescribable feeling.”

“It's been hard to take my eyes off her since she was born.

“Being the first woman in the world to give birth after a whole ovary transplant hasn't sunk in yet, but I'm just so grateful to the doctors who enabled this to happen and to my sister, of course.”

Read the full story here.

I love the name too, Maja Congrats to the family!

I don't know why the delay, that's a good question. Perhaps it was a collection of circumstances - how many women have a twin that could do that for them, for example? If she'd been living in another country, maybe they wouldn't have had the medical expertise there. I'm sure now it's been shown as a feasible solution, more facilities and research centers will look into the procedure all over the world.

As for the labor, that's not uncommon. Mine didn't start on its own either - I had contractions but nothing was progressing after ten hours. It gets to the point where it's dangerous to leave the baby in there any longer so they go for the C-section and in some cases you can elect to do so if for example you have small hips and a very large baby that you couldn't physically deliver. I don't think the doctors or the mother would have wanted to risk anything going awry.