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Medical breakthrough: the first baby from a frozen embryo is now 40 years old

Graphs tracking the national fertility rate, show it has been falling gradually since 2011 anyway but there's a sharper dip in 2021.

Das erste Baby, das aus einem gefrorenen Embryo stammt, lebt heute als Anwältin in Melbourne. Source: Press Association

40 years ago, the first birth of a baby from a frozen embryo was announced in Melbourne. Since then, this medical breakthrough has given millions of parents another chance to have a child.



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