OLDHAM, England, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The world's first test-tube baby, born in 1978, has given birth to a baby, believed to be a boy, in Oldham in the northwest of England.
The Times of London reported Saturday that Louise Brown, 28, and her husband, Wesley Mullinder, 37, had their baby "the old-fashioned way" -- without the aid of in-vitro fertilization -- and are said to be "over the moon" at the birth.
The Times said, however, that Louise Brown's sister, Natalie -- also a test-tube kid -- was the first of the two to give birth to a healthy child, in 1999. The birth proved to skeptics that test-tube baby girls could grow up and have children without in-vitro treatments.
The Times noted that one-in-seven couples in Britain have difficulty conceiving. For those who are successful, it can still take about two years of trying to conceive.
