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Over 40 years ago, the world’s first “test tube baby” was born. Louise Joy Brown’s conception via in vitro fertilization and the resulting birth ushered in a new age in modern parenthood.  As the first child born using the technique of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), she was unique in the history of humankind but forty years later, the media is brimming with stories about people’s experiences of infertility.

The idea of a baby being conceived outside of the human body was incredible in 1978, but since then more than 8 million babies around the world have been born through IVF, according to International Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies.

Over 40 years ago, the world’s first “test tube baby” was born. Louise Joy Brown’s conception via in vitro fertilization and the resulting birth ushered in a new age in modern parenthood.  As the first child born using the technique of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), she was unique in the history of humankind but forty years later, the media is brimming with stories about people’s experiences of infertility.

The idea of a baby being conceived outside of the human body was incredible in 1978, but since then more than 8 million babies around the world have been born through IVF, according to International Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies.