- Louise Brown
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name = Louise Joy Brown
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birth_date = birth date and age|1978|07|25
birth_place =Oldham ,England
birth_name =Louise Joy Brown
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known = First in-vitro baby
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spouse = Wesley Mullinder (2004–present)
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weight =5 lb 12 oz (2.608 kg) at birthLouise Joy Brown (born
July 25 ,1978 , inOldham ,Greater Manchester ,England ) is the world's first baby to be conceived by "in vitro" fertilisation, or IVF.Brown was born to Lesley and John Brown, who had been trying to conceive for nine years, but without success because of Lesley's blocked fallopian tubes. [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iqs7hQfKFma-avGEqVGUGbLJ5xXQ "World's first IVF baby marks 30th birthday"] ,
Agence France-Presse ,July 23 ,2008 . RetrievedJuly 24 ,2008 .] OnNovember 10 ,1977 , Lesley Brown underwent the procedure byPatrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.Although the Browns knew the procedure was experimental, the doctors did not tell them that no case had yet resulted in a baby. This has raised questions of
informed consent . [Robin Marantz Henig, "Pandora's Baby", Houghton Mifflin, 2004, p 134] Louise Brown was born at 11:47 p.m. at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, through a plannedcaesarean section delivered by registrar John Webster. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3077913.stm BBC NEWS | Health | 'I helped deliver Louise' ] ] She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces (2.608 kg) at birth. Her 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, with Dr. Edwards attending their wedding. Their son, Cameron, conceived naturally, [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,1817639,00.html Louise Brown, first test tube baby, is pregnant | Science | The Guardian ] ] was born on
December 20 ,2006 . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6260171.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Baby son joy for test-tube mother ] ]References
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3091241.stm BBC profile of Louise Brown (July, 2003)]
* [http://www.ivf1.com/ivf History of the early years of IVF]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7505635.stm 30th birthday for first IVF baby (July 2008)]
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