China's first test tube baby becomes mother

Thirty-one years after her birth through external fertilisation and embryo transplantation, China's first test tube baby, Zheng Mengzhu, gave birth to a baby boy on Monday, according to a media report.

Zheng gave birth to a boy through Caesarean section in a Beijing hospital.

Zhao Yangyu, head of obstetrics at Peking University Third Hospital, who performed the surgery said, "the boy weighs 3.85 kg, which is similar to his mother's birth-weight."
"The birth today is further proof of the safety of assisted reproductive technology."