Elizabeth Jordan Carr
Born (1981-12-28) December 28, 1981
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Other namesElizabeth Jordan Comeau
EducationSimmons College
OccupationJournalist
EmployerDailybreak CP LLC
Known forFirst in-vitro fertilization in the United States
TitleManaging Editor
Parent(s)Judith and Roger Carr

Elizabeth Jordan Carr (born December 28, 1981, at 7:46 am) is the United States' first baby born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world. The technique was conducted at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk under the direction of Doctors Howard Jones and Georgeanna Seegar Jones, who were the first to attempt the process in the United States. She was delivered at Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia by Dr. Mason Andrews weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces (about 2600 grams).[1][2][3]

The parents of Carr were Judith Carr, a 28-year-old schoolteacher at the time, and her husband, Roger Carr, 30, of Westminster, Massachusetts. Elizabeth's mother was able to get pregnant, but couldn't continue. She experienced three ectopic pregnancies, fertilized eggs growing outside the womb, each ending in a miscarriage, and the doctor was eventually forced to remove her fallopian tubes.[1]

A graduate of Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts,[4] Carr worked as a journalist for a newspaper in Maine, Central Maine Newspapers in Augusta, which publishes the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. They are part of the Seattle Times Family group of newspapers. Following her time in Maine, Carr began work at Boston.com, the Boston Globe's online presence.

Carr was named number one Portland Magazine's 2007 list of Maine's Most Intriguing People.

On August 5, 2010, Carr gave birth to her first child, Trevor James Comeau. He was conceived without the assistance of Artificial Reproductive Technology.[5] [6]

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  1. 1 2 Sullivan, Walter (1981-12-29). "'Test-Tube' Baby Born in U.S., Joining Successes Around World". The New York Times. p. C1 (photo on page A1. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  2. ↑ Bailey, Ronald (2006-12-28). "Happy 25th Birthday to Elizabeth Jordan Carr". Reason Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  3. ↑ Joe Holley (28 March 2005). "Georgeanna Jones Dies at 92; In Vitro Fertilization Pioneer". Washington Post. p. B04. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  4. ↑ "First IVF child in U.S. meets doctor". NBC News. Associated Press. 31 October 2003. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  5. ↑ Elizabeth Simpson (August 7, 2010). "America's First Test-Tube Baby Becomes A Mom". The Virginian-Pilot.
  6. ↑ Comeau, Elizabeth (2010-08-06). "A first for the first". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
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