Sunday, December 28, 2008

First IVF baby!


It's amazing to think that with all the medical treatments that are available to us now that they had to start somewhere. Could you imagine living in a time where we didn't have IVF or IUI or fertility drugs?
No help to turn to in order to help you conceive, how sad would that be.
The world's first IVF baby, or "test tube" baby, turned 30 this year. Louise Brown, was born on July 25, 1978 in Greater Manchester, England.
Louise was born to Lesley and John Brown, who had been trying to conceive for nine years, but had no success due to Lesley's blocked Fallopian tubes. Lesley underwent the procedure on November 10, 1977 performed by Drs. Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.

Louise's younger sister, Natalie Brown, was also conceived through IVF, four years later, and became the world's fortieth IVF baby, and the first one to give birth herself—naturally—in 1999.

Louise Brown married nightclub doorman Wesley Mullinder in 2004, and their son, Cameron, conceived naturally,was born on in December of 2006.

So thank you to the Brown family and those courageous doctors who paved the way for some many other families, who have had successful IVF babies.

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