LONDON:
The birth of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, hit headlines around the
globe three decades ago - but the married mother-of-one wants to keep her 30th
birthday on Friday low-key by contrast.
Brown lives in Bristol with
husband Wesley Mullinder and 18-month-old son Cameron.
Although her birth opened the
door for millions of infertile couples worldwide to give birth to IVF (in vitro
fertilisation) or test tube babies, Brown has no big plans to celebrate the
landmark date.
Louise Joy
Brown was born on July 25, 1978 at Oldham and district general hospital in
England by Caesarean section, weighing 2.61 kilogrammes.
Her parents, Lesley and John,
had been trying to have children but could not because Lesley's fallopian tubes
were blocked.
The couple heard
about research by Cambridge University physiologist Robert Edwards and
gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe and signed up with them for fertility treatment.