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He would also need a vaginal canal so he could menstrate. That's possible with surgery, but it'd be a deal breaker for most men.
by actuallyalys 9y ago
He would also need a vaginal canal so he could menstrate. That's possible with surgery, but it'd be a deal breaker for most men.
- keyboardhitter 9y agomenstruation would only be a component if the transplanted organs included functional ovaries and fallopian tubes. women who have full ovariectomy do not mensturate afterwards, as a slightly related example. there are existing procedures to help facilitate implantation and regulate hormones that have high success rate (most common is ivf). however, vaginal canal can also be useful to expel discharge and in case of pregnancy, placental fluid/sac -- but in a theoretical case of implanted uterus only, I wonder if "including" a vaginal canal would be more symbolic than medically necessary?
- robocat 9y agoSo it would seem that the ovaries would also need to be transplanted, and probably the testes removed (or otherwise eunichised). Basically turning a man functionally into a woman.
- QML 9y agoWait, how do you get a man to produce eggs? Aren’t they present in a woman’s body at birth?
- ejstronge 9y agoI don't see how a person with a transplanted uterus would need to menstruate. The role of the uterus is to facilitate pregnancy. Just as many women do not menstruate when taking oral contraceptive pills, just so could a transplant recipient not menstruate.
- actuallyalys 9y agoThat was probably a misleading way to put it. The patient wouldn't be menstruating regularly, but if implantation fails, they'd have to shed the menses somehow.