Facts about IVF

July 25, 1978 - Louise Joy Brown, born in Oldham, England, arrives as the world's first test-tube baby.

Dec. 28 , 1981 - The birth of Elizabeth Jordan Carr marks the first successful IVF treatment in the U.S. Carr was born in Norfolk, Va., under the direction of doctors Howard Jones and Georgeanna Seegar Jones.

3 million test-tube babies have been born so far.

424,401 IVF babies were delivered in the U.S. between 1985 and 2006, the period that the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has records for.

50,515 babies were born with the help of IVF in 2006, the most recent year that the ASRM has figures for.

126,726- the total number of reported IVF cycles in 2006.

1 in every 100 babies born now are IVF births.

50% of test-tube babies are twins, triplets or other multiple births.

IVF babies are born preemies at 3 times the rate of kids conceived naturally.

2 times as many IVF procedures were reported in 2006 than a decade before.

17 - the percentage of diagnosed fertility problems linked to males alone in 2006.

70 - The age of the oldest woman to give birth via IVF. Omkari Panwar of India reportedly gave birth to a twin boy and girl earlier this month. She and her 77-year-old husband already have two adult daughters, but wanted a male heir.