1978 - The first test tube baby: Louise Brown the first person to be conceived by in vitro fertilization (00:08:15)
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Louise Joy Brown (born July 25th, 1978) was the world’s first baby to be born from the in vitro fertilization procedure. She is currently a postal worker; previously she was a daycare centre worker in Bristol. Louise Joy Brown was born to Lesley and John Brown of UK, who had been trying to conceive for nine years, but without success due to Lesley’s blocked Fallopian tubes. On November 10th, 1977, Lesley Brown underwent the procedure by Drs. Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. This procedure raised ethical questions about whether or not the doctors would be committing murder when they discard some of the unused fertilized eggs. Brown was born at 11:47 pm at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, through caesarean section. She weighed 5 lb 12 oz. (2.608 kg). Brown is engaged as of 2003.

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Edwards, Dr. Robert

(Gene-researcher (The first test tube baby)) , speaking English:
-  "They said we were playing gods, supporting the tyrants and aligning the way towards cloning. That time, it was an everyday topic. We were called human makers."

Brown, Louise

(„test-tube baby“) , speaking English:
-  "When I was young a woman once said that it was not normal. Then my mother asked what did she expect? I think she was considered as someone alien."

Brown, John

(The first test tube baby's father) , speaking English:
-  "We got to know it at Christmas. We hugged and kissed each other. We only told it to our closest relatives. It was a wonderful Christmas."

Brown, Leslie

(The first test tube baby's mother) , speaking English:
-  "The doctor said that if I became pregnant, I should sign a contract that if during the tests it turns up that the baby would be handicapped, then I should agree on the aborting. "

Edwards, Dr. Robert

(Gene-researcher (The first test tube baby)) , speaking English:
-  "Two popes threw stones at us, and our colleagues gave us criticism, that we should not continue the work. Everybody was worrying about whether the embryos would be normal or not?"

Edwards, Dr. Robert

(Gene-researcher (The first test tube baby)) , speaking English:
-  "It was not successful for more than 5 years. The women just did not get pregnant. Then in 1975 the first breakthrough came: the first positive pregnancy test. "

Edwards, Dr. Robert

(Gene-researcher (The first test tube baby)) , speaking English:
-  "We did not know exactly when women had their ovulation. Man had already visited the Moon, but we did not know this."

Brown, Leslie

(The first test tube baby's mother) , speaking English:
-  "A nurse prepared the caesarean operation. She was brought into the operating room in darkness, only a torch gave some light. There were no other lights at all. The reporters were not supposed to notice anything."

Brown, Louise

(„test-tube baby“) , speaking English:
-  "I truly believed I was someone special. Since then, many children have been born like this of course, but being the first, was still something really special."

Brown, John

(The first test tube baby's father) , speaking English:
-  "When I first took a glance at her, I simply saw a marvellous baby. Blue eyes, blond hair – simply beautiful. Perfect."

Brown, Leslie

(The first test tube baby's mother) , speaking English:
-  "I could not believe, what was happening, and that all this was happening to me. It was like a dream. I got up very often in the first few nights, just wanted to see my daughter. I simply couldnt understand, that all this was true. "

Edwards, Dr. Robert

(Gene-researcher (The first test tube baby)) , speaking English:
-  "The word cloning was a terrible word, simply horrible. I am not cloning people. If someone would like to clone people, he/she has to explain, why. Till now, nobody could convince us about it. (to be read more ironically!) But my point of view is open. More open, than it was before. "