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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: What It Was Like to Grow Up as the World's First 'Test-Tube Baby' [Watch (HLS stream): What It Was Like to Grow Up as the World's First 'Test-Tube Baby'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2D8vBqDi.m3u8) (2:44)  _Published 2018-07-25. Louise Brown doesn’t mind if you call her a test-tube baby, “but I prefer IVF – since there weren’t any test tubes involved,” she says with a laugh, gesturing to the large glass jar in which she started her life._ --- Jul 28, 2023 12:18 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Omicron Boosters Are Coming, But They Weren’t Tested on People. Here’s What You Need to Know](/video/FzlTcep8/) ### Omicron Boosters Are Coming, But They Weren’t Tested on People. 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And mum and dad showed the video of me being born and said I was born slightly different to everybody else. And they left it there for sort of that they wanted to make sure I was aware that it was slightly different when I was born. And then the rest I picked up going through school, doing sex education, listening to mum be interviewed. If I had any questions I'd ask mum and dad, and they answer them. Picked up the rest from that really. 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