FIRST TEST TUBE BABY

TEST TUBE

• First practitioners Dr. Patrick Steptoe Dr. Robert Edwards
• Lesley, John Brown, and Louise Joy Brown

DISCOVERIES

• chorionic gonadotrophin helps lining of the womb to receive the embryo
• follicular aspiration a thin needle connected to a suction to get the ovaries
• 5 million births
• FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) makes the ovary produce eggs frequently
• time-lapse imaging which could help triple the chance of a baby through IVF.

MODERN MEDICINE

• November 10, 1977 surgically removed an egg at Oldham hospital
• July 25, 1978 Louise Joy Brown was born
• 2010 edwards recieved nobel prize for vitro fertilization
• Different horomones regulate maturation, clarified how eggs mature
• Steptoe was one of the pioneers in laparoscopy optical instrument

Lesley Brown, the mother of the world’s first “test-tube baby” — Louise Brown born At 11:47 p.m. on July 25, 1978, 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.

Lesley, the mother that gave birth to the first test tube baby died in 2012 aged 64.Louise Brown, 35, was born at Oldham General Hospital on July 25 1978 after her parents Lesley and John became the first people to successfully undergo in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Mrs Brown lives in Bristol with her husband, Wesley Mullinder, and in August the couple celebrated the birth of their second son Aiden.

For the procedures they inserted a "Laparoscopy" small thin tube with a viewing lens its inserted through an incision in the navel. This allows the physician to see on a video monitor inside the uterus to locate the ovaries.

With greater technological development, the IVF procedure has now evolved a great deal.