0003 - Test-Tube Baby First On Mainland. The first test-tube baby ever born...Back

Test-Tube Baby First On Mainland. The first test-tube baby ever born on China's mainland was delivered in Beijing at 8:56 am on March 10, 1988. The baby, a girl, weighed 3.9 kilograms and was 52 centimetres long. Her mother, Zheng Guizhen, a rural primary school teacher, had suffered from sterility caused by a clogged oviduct for 20 years after her marriage. On June 24, 1987, the No. 3 hospital attached to the Beijing University of Medical Science operated on her to extract ova for an external fertilization. Two days later, four fertilized ova were transplanted into her uterus, and 10 days later she was pregnant. Doctor Zhang Lizhu, who was in charge of the case, is one of China's leading specialists in gynecology and obstetrics.