25/07/2025
Today, we’re celebrating the 47th birthday of Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby born through IVF, and marking World Embryologist Day. ✨
You might’ve seen her story in the Netflix film "Joy", which captures the ground breaking moment fertilisation took place outside the human body for the very first time.
Leading that pioneering team were Nobel Prize winner Sir Robert Edwards, embryologist Jean Purdy, and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe — the trio behind the world’s first IVF baby. Sir Robert Edwards later went on to co-found London Women’s Clinic.
Dr Kamal Ahuja, our Scientific Director, worked closely with Sir Robert Edwards, creating a direct link between the birth of IVF and the work we continue to do today.
This year, we’re proud to be celebrating 40 years of family-making — and we’re so grateful to our incredible team of embryologists who help create families across our 17 clinics nationwide.