Surgeons at Cleveland Clinic transplanted a uterus into a woman identified only as Lindsey in late February. The clinic plans to perform ten such transplants in a clinical trial. Recipients at this time will be women who can't get pregnant because their uterus is damaged or missing.

But transgender women are watching.

I hope it becomes a reality. I absolutely would be willing to do it.

Ever since I was old enough to understand the concept of parenting, I wanted to be a mother. I didn’t know how that would ever happen, but that’s what I wanted.

--Chastity Bowick, 30, a medical case manager in Worcester, Mass

Bowick began her transition when she was 19.