Some love stories begin in glass.

This is ours.

We were born in the early 1990s — before most people knew what IVF was, before the internet, before any of this had a name. We found each other years later, and when we began our own IVF journey, we realised neither of us had ever met another person like us — born this way, shaped by it, searching.

iamivf began as a question we kept asking in waiting rooms, in support groups, in whispered conversations. It became a place for everyone touched by IVF: the children grown into adults, the parents mid-journey, the hopeful, the grieving, the finally-there. We built it because we needed it.

You are not alone.

The early ones — born via IVF, 1992 & 1993

Our path

Born via IVFThey meetThe searchChoosing IVF

The first IVF babies, country by country

Each lantern marks a known first. Some still flicker — searching.

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United Kingdom
1978
India
1978
Australia
1980
United States
1981
France
1982
Sweden
1982
Brazil
Still searching...
Japan
Still searching...
Nigeria
Still searching...

Stories from the community

Our first transfer.

From the founders

The call we waited for.

From the founders

She's here.

From the founders

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We are here. We are real. We are IVF.

Letters, monthly. Like from a friend.

Not marketing. Just one quiet, thoughtful letter a month from someone who understands.