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Sunday May 27, 4:23 PMWoman born as in vitro baby gave birth to boy in 2003(Kyodo) _ A woman born in 1984 through in vitro fertilization delivered a baby boy in 2003 after conceiving naturally in what is believed to be the first time in Japan that a test-tube baby has given birth, a doctor involved in the IVF said Sunday.The boy's birth and steady growth indicate that the assisted reproduction technology has no negative impact on a person born through IVF, said Masakuni Suzuki, a Tohoku University professor emeritus who assisted at the woman's birth at the university's hospital. The woman, who was Japan's third IVF case, was 19 when she delivered the 2,726-gram boy in August 2003 at a clinic in the northeastern Tohoku region, said Suzuki, who now runs Suzuki Memorial Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture. Japan's first in vitro baby girl died of pneumonia at age 2, and the second woman born through IVF has not yet given birth herself, according to the doctor. None of these test-tube babies has been identified in Japan. In Britain, Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby born in 1978, became pregnant naturally and gave birth to a baby boy last year. Her sister, Natalie, who was also conceived through IVF, reportedly gave birth in 1999. In a bid to study the safety of IVF, Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to begin the first-ever survey this year tracing the growth of IVF babies until they become 6 years old. |
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