Happy Birthday Louise Brown... the world's first "test tube" baby.

[azmouse]

http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/testtubebaby.htm


On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful "test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain. Though the technology that made her conception possible was heralded as a triumph in medicine and science, it also caused many to consider the possibilities of future ill-use.


At 11:47 p.m. a five-pound 12-ounce baby girl was born. The baby girl, named Louise Joy Brown, had blue eyes and blond hair and seemed healthy. Still, the medical community and the world were preparing to watch Louise Brown to see if there were any abnormalities that couldn't be seen at birth.

The process had been a success! Though some wondered if the success had been more luck than science, continued success with the process proved that Dr. Steptoe and Dr. Edwards had accomplished the first of many "test-tube" babies.

Today, the process of in vitro fertilization is considered commonplace and utilized by infertile couples around the world.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Wow!!! cool.... K and R.

[azmouse]

2. Thank you.

I think the Browns were a brave couple to try the new technique to have a family. And so many other couples have been able to have a family because of the work of the doctors involved.

[NJmaverick]

3. Happy B-Day!