| 14th | Top people with surname Brown |
| Louise Joy Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | Louise Joy Brown July 25, 1978 Oldham, UK |
| Weight | 5 lb 12 oz (2.608 kg) at birth |
| Known for | First in-vitro baby |
| Spouse(s) | Wesley Mullinder (2004–present) |
| Children | 1 son (b. 2006) |
Louise Joy Brown (born 25th July, 1978, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK) is the world's first baby to be conceived by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
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Louise 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.[1] On November 10, 1977, Lesley Brown underwent the procedure by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.
Louise Brown was born July 25, 1978 at 11:47 p.m. at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, through a planned caesarean section delivered by registrar John Webster.[2] She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces (2.608 kg) at birth.[1] 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.[1]
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.[3]
Shortly before the death of Pope Paul VI, when asked for his reaction to Brown's birth, the patriarch of Venice Albino Luciani expressed concerns about the possibility that artificial insemination could lead to women being used as "baby factories", but also refused to condemn the parents of the child (cf moral theology of John Paul I).[4]
Louise Brown married nightclub doorman Wesley Mullinder in 2004, with Dr. Edwards attending their wedding.[1] Their son Cameron, conceived naturally,[5] was born on December 20, 2006.[6]
   | BBC profile of Louise Brown (July, 2003) - BBC NEWS | Health | Profile: Louise Brown |
| | History of the early years of IVF - IVF In Vitro Fertilization and Pregnancy |
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