Posted on 08/06/2010 3:19:24 PM PDT by James C. Bennett
She was the most famous baby in America after her birth in 1981 following in vitro fertilization. Yesterday, Elizabeth Comeau gave birth to a baby of her own. She shares her story.
People have followed my life all my life. I mean, ALL my life.
PBS cameras taped my birth, and I attended my first press conference at 3 days old — I yawned through the entire thing. My baby face appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and stories appeared in many newspapers worldwide, including The Boston Globe, where I now work on its website.
I don’t have a baby book — I have five volumes of newspaper headlines and VHS tapes from television announcements worldwide.
Now, nearly 29 years from my birth as the first test-tube baby in the United States, I have my own baby.
When the phones started ringing a few weeks ago, I knew I had a choice: Either write about it myself — though I’ve been uncomfortable about my celebrity — or have someone else do it.
My family and I have often joked about what the headline would read, with fears of “Test-tube baby has test-tube baby’’ in bold black letters across the top of a page.
However, I had a normal conception and pregnancy despite my abnormal childhood. And early yesterday, my husband and I had a baby boy “the normal way,’’ proving (I hope) that I’m just like everyone else.
I didn’t ask to be America’s first test-tube baby. On Dec. 28, 1981, it just happened. My parents and doctors did all the hard work.
In school, friends knew I was an in-vitro baby — what that actually meant they weren’t sure.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
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Whether you got conceived in a beaker or in a womb, welcome. Please make sure of your exit destination. That’s what counts.
Best wishes to Elizabeth and her child.
Did she have two mommies?
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