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On February 24, 1982, his birth was seen as an event, and a scientific feat. Amandine was then the first test-tube baby in France. She is about to celebrate her 40th birthday.
On February 24, 1982, Amandine was born. It was the first French test-tube baby. Four decades later, Professor René Frydmanprofessor of gynecology, keeps a moving memory. “All births are always amazing. That one, she was all the same… And what’s more, I was at the in-vitro fertilization, and at the delivery. That is not always the case”he recalls.
At the time, the process of in-vitro fertilization still worried. At one year old, Amandine took her first steps under the cameras of televisions. At 16 years old, become a mischievous teenager, she testified again in front of the journalists. She has kept ties with Professor René Frydmanwho is his godfather. The latter says he is proud of not having given up. Before Amandine, he had experienced 23 failures. One in 28 children is born today in France through medically assisted procreation.