Louise Brown - wikipedia Louise Brown For other people named Louise Brown, see Louise Brown ( disambiguation ). Louise Joy Brown ( 1978 - 07 - 25 ) 25 July 1978 ( age 39 ) Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, England Known for First in - vitro baby Weight 5 lb 12 oz ( 2.608 kg ) at birth Spouse ( s ) Wesley Mullinder ( 2004 -- present ) Children 2 sons, Cameron ( born 20 December 2006 ) ; Aiden ( born August 2013 ) Family Lesley and John Brown ( parents ) Natalie Brown ( sister ) Louise Joy Brown ( born 25 July 1978 ) is an English woman known for being the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. Contents 1 Biography 2 Ethical and religious issues 3 References 4 External links Biography Louise Joy Brown was born at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, by planned Caesarean section delivered by registrar John Webster. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces ( 2.608 kg ) at birth. Her parents, Lesley and John Brown, had been trying to conceive for nine years. Lesley faced complications of blocked fallopian tubes. On 10 November 1977, Lesley Brown underwent a procedure, later to become known as IVF ( in vitro fertilisation ), developed by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine for this work. Although the media referred to Brown as a `` test tube baby '', her conception actually took place in a Petri dish. Her younger sister, Natalie Brown, was also conceived through IVF four years later, and became the world 's fortieth child after conception by IVF. In May 1999, Natalie was the first human born after conception by IVF to give birth herself -- without IVF -- to daughter Casey. Natalie has subsequently had three additional children ; sons Christopher, Daniel, and Aeron, the last of whom was born in August 2013. And after four years her second child died due to medical issues. In 2004, Brown married nightclub doorman ( bouncer ) Wesley Mullinder. Dr. Edwards attended their wedding. Their son Cameron, conceived naturally, was born on 20 December 2006. Brown 's second son, Aiden Patrick Robert, was born in August 2013. Brown 's father died in 2007. Her mother died on 6 June 2012 in Bristol Royal Infirmary at the age of 64 due to complications from a gallbladder infection. Ethical and religious issues See also : Moral theology of John Paul I 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. Shortly before the death of Pope Paul VI, when asked for his reaction to Brown 's birth, the patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Albino Luciani ( later Pope John Paul I ), 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, noting they simply wanted to have a baby. References Jump up ^ Hutchinson, Martin ( 24 July 2003 ). `` I helped deliver Louise ''. BBC News. ^ Jump up to : `` World 's first IVF baby marks 30th birthday '', Agence France - Presse, 23 July 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008. Jump up ^ Wade, Nicholas ( 4 October 2010 ). `` Pioneer of in Vitro Fertilisation Wins Nobel Prize ''. New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2010. ^ Jump up to : Hall, Sarah ( 11 July 2006 ). `` Louise Brown, first test tube baby, is pregnant ''. The Guardian. London. Jump up ^ `` Baby son joy for test - tube mother ''. BBC News. 14 January 2007. ^ Jump up to : Denise Grady `` Lesley Brown, Mother of World 's First ' Test - Tube Baby, ' Dies at 64 '', New York Times, 23 June 2012 Jump up ^ `` First test tube baby mother Lesley Brown dies '', Bristol news, BBC News, 20 June 2012, retrieved 20 June 2012 Jump up ^ Robin Marantz Henig, Pandora 's Baby, Houghton Mifflin, 2004, p 134 Jump up ^ Prospettive nel Mondo, 1 August 1978 ; Luciani, Opera Omnia, vol. 8, pp. 571 - 72. Jump up ^ Eley, Adam ( 23 July 2015 ). `` How has IVF developed since the first ' test - tube baby ' ? ''. BBC. External links BBC profile of Louise Brown ( July 2003 ) History of the early years of IVF 30th birthday for first IVF baby ( July 2008 ) VIAF : 25879467 LCCN : n79045705 IATH : w6rd03fv Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louise_Brown&oldid=799386216 '' Categories : 1978 births Living people English children In vitro fertilisation People from Oldham Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Galego Italiano עברית Lëtzebuergesch मराठी Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Slovenčina Suomi Svenska Türkçe Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 7 September 2017, at 12 : 09. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: when was the first test tube baby born
Answer: 25 July 1978