IVF History
John Rock was the first to extract an intact fertilised egg. The first pregnancy achieved through in vitro human fertilisation of a human oocyte was reported in The Lancet from the Monash team in 1973, although it lasted only a few days and would today be called a biochemical pregnancy. In 1977, Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards successfully carried out a pioneering conception which resulted in the birth of the world’s first baby to be conceived by IVF, Louise Brown on 25 July 1978, in Oldham General Hospital, Greater Manchester, England followed by Courtney Cross on 16 October 1978 and Alastair MacDonald on 14 January 1979.