The first test-tube baby, Elizabeth Carr (now Comeau), has had her own baby, according to her own account in the Boston Globe.
She writes that she decided to write about her experience because she knew if she didn't, someone else would. (And as a journalist for the newspaper, she notes that this is the kind of story she would have written about someone else.)
She also wanted to let people know that IVF is an option for infertile women. The babies, like her, are normal. The 28-year-old conceived and delivered naturally.
In the story, she talks about how strange it was to grow up with so much media attention. Wonder if that's why she turned to a career that puts others in that kind of spotlight.
Now that IVF is so much more common, I wonder how much interest there will continue to be -- or if she will become just another byline.
Photo courtesy of the Boston Globe