FILM: Robert Edwards at 100 – Part 3
PET presents a series of talks celebrating the 100th birthday of the late IVF pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards. This third talk is by Grace MacDonald, the second woman ever to have a child following IVF...
Grace MacDonald
Second woman ever to have a child following IVF
Grace MacDonald gave birth to the world's first IVF boy – Alastair MacDonald – in Glasgow in January 1979, becoming the second woman (after Lesley Brown) ever to have a child following IVF. Grace was one of at least 282 volunteer patients who was treated with (then experimental) IVF at Oldham between 1969 and 1978. Only two of these patients, Lesley and Grace, went on to have a live birth.
BioNews Articles by Grace MacDonald
The story of the world's second IVF mum
Grace MacDonald – mother of Alastair MacDonald, the world's second IVF baby – tells her story to Professor Martin Johnson and Dr Kay Elder, sharing memories of the pioneers of IVF and of the equally pioneering patients...