Read here about the global IVF and fertility events, projects and conferences that I am involved in worldwide. Here you can keep up to date on everything to do with my life as the world's first IVF baby.
Visiting the Çamlıbel Foundation in Istanbul
The struggle to afford IVF treatment is the same for women all over the world, so I was delighted to go to Istanbul, Turkey as a guest of Professor Dr Teksen Çamlıbel, who is setting up a foundation to support women who can’t afford treatment
Louise Brown appears at the Ain Shams Obstetrics and Gynaecology International Conference in Egypt
My mum had a fascination for Egypt. In fact when she died in 2012 we had a holiday booked and she was looking forward to seeing the pyramids. Her sudden death meant we had to cancel. So, it was amazing to stand by the Great Pyramid of Giza in Cairo this year and pay tribute to mum.
Science Museum celebrates 40 years of IVF
A new exhibition will open at the Science Museum in July to mark the 40th birthday of IVF
Happy conception day to me… and 40 years of IVF
Today marks 40 years since my conception on 10 November 1977!
Following many years of incredible work by Prof Robert Edwards and Dr Patrick Steptoe, they pioneered a technique that would allow my parents to have me and to go on to give millions of other couples the chance to have children.
Solving a mystery
A few weeks ago I spent an hour or so in the company of Tokyo-based journalist Kazumoto Ohno, who is writing about the early days of IVF and had some questions for me.
Born in the USA
I don’t know about you but I have met lots of people over the years in different circumstances.
For example, I met my husband when he was guarding a door at a nightclub and I was waiting to get in!
But the meeting I had with Elizabeth Carr, the first IVF baby to be born in the US, has to rank as one of the most unusual and nerve-wracking of my life.