Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American born via in vitro fertilization (IVF), was born in Norfolk, Virginia on December 28, 1981. Her birth was the first in the U.S. using IVF, a process where eggs are fertilized outside the body before implantation. She was the world's 15th IVF baby, following the first-ever IVF birth in England in 1978.
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