Mallory was born without a uterus, a condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome and was told she would never be able to carry a child.
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Seeking answers, she and her husband Nick participated in a uterus transplant program at The University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine.
"I never once thought 'What if this doesn't work,'" said Mallory. "I knew it would."
She received a donated uterus and nine months later, an embryo transplant.
The entire process took nearly 18 months, according to UAB.
In May, the couple welcomed a baby boy into the world.
"Women's health and reproductive medicine is really about making sure there are options for women," said Dr. Paige Porrett, director of UAB's Comprehensive Transplant Institute.
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"Babies being born is always a special event, and I'm using some strong words here, but I think of these as our miracle babies."
The University of Alabama is one of four uterus transplant programs in the U.S., and the first outside of a clinical research.
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