A trans woman says the UK's first womb transplant "gives the trans community hope" - and she would "100% consider" the surgery.

This week the news emerged surgeons at the at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford implanted a womb in a 34-year-old woman - which had been donated by her older sister.

The £25,000 operation was funded by the charity Womb Transplant UK - and it was a full success with the womb working perfectly.

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Jocelyn Claire Reed, 23, was assigned male at birth but started hormone replacement therapy to transition to female in October 2021.

The influencer, who takes testosterone blockers and oestrogen said this week's news brought "hope" for herself and other trans women.

Jocelyn, from Crosby, Liverpool, said: "It's not possible for trans women yet, but it’s a start.

"As long as it works for biological women, there's no saying how far modern medicine can go.

"It’s a long way off for trans women yet but the fact its possible at all speaks volumes!

"I would 100% consider it being a trans woman - the fact it could one day be a possibility is amazing."

While at school Jocelyn came out as gay and dated boys - before starting to wear makeup and dress in women's clothes aged 18.

Two years on, in November 2020, she hit a "turning point" after struggling with her mental health in lockdown - and saw a doctor to begin hormone therapy.

Jocelyn has grown in confidence since transitioning and plans to have a breast augmentation and sex reassignment surgery in the future.

While she said that'll be the final step for her, she said she has accepted who she is - and is "confident and happy".

But she said not having a female reproductive system was something "you push to the back of your mind" as a trans woman - until this week.

She said she would "100% consider the surgery" if it became available to trans women - and has high hopes that a few years down the line, it may.

She said: "You can't get your hopes up too much but it's definitely given us some hope.

"For a lot of trans women, the thought of carrying their own child is a dream.

"Now it could be possible in years to come.

"I would 100% consider it - being a trans woman I've always dreamed of being able to carry my own children.

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"But the fact it could be a possibility is amazing.

"In the last few decades, the advances they have made in medicine has been amazing.

"Not long ago, AIDS was a death sentence - now people live long and healthy lives with it and you would never know.

"Now womb transplants could one day be a possibility - it opens so many doors for people.

"It would help a lot of people in terms of body dysmorphia, little things like that make people not feel like a woman. So this procedure could do wonders for them."