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| The world's first "test-tube baby", Louise Brown, has spoken of her joy at giving birth to her first child. | The world's first "test-tube baby", Louise Brown, has spoken of her joy at giving birth to her first child. |
| Baby Cameron was born on 20 December in Bristol, where his 28-year-old mother lives with husband Wesley Mullinder. | Baby Cameron was born on 20 December in Bristol, where his 28-year-old mother lives with husband Wesley Mullinder. |
| "He's tiny, just under 6lb, but he's perfect," the proud mother told the Mail on Sunday, revealing that Cameron had been conceived naturally. | "He's tiny, just under 6lb, but he's perfect," the proud mother told the Mail on Sunday, revealing that Cameron had been conceived naturally. |
| Well over 1m "test-tube" babies have been born globally since Louise's 1978 birth after pioneering IVF treatment. | Well over 1m "test-tube" babies have been born globally since Louise's 1978 birth after pioneering IVF treatment. |
| Louise, who was born in Oldham at 1147 BST on 25 July, 1978, told of her sorrow that her father John, a former rail engineer, had died two weeks before Cameron was born. | |
| Father's wish | Father's wish |
| She told the paper: "We were lucky in that Wesley and I were able to conceive naturally. | She told the paper: "We were lucky in that Wesley and I were able to conceive naturally. |
| "We'd only been trying for about six months so it was obviously much easier for us than for mum and dad. | "We'd only been trying for about six months so it was obviously much easier for us than for mum and dad. |
| "I don't know if the fact that they tried so hard to have a baby had any effect on me but I have always wanted children." | "I don't know if the fact that they tried so hard to have a baby had any effect on me but I have always wanted children." |
| But the new mother said she wished her father had been able to see the baby. | But the new mother said she wished her father had been able to see the baby. |
| "My sister has two children but it seems so unfair dad didn't get to see Cameron. He was only two weeks short of meeting him." | "My sister has two children but it seems so unfair dad didn't get to see Cameron. He was only two weeks short of meeting him." |