The Edge: America’s 1st IVF baby says she still gets asked one strange thing
Mar 24, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Elizabeth Carr made history before she could even walk, and decades later, she’s still answering questions about how she was born.
The first IVF baby in the U.S. says her arrival in 1981 sparked a full-on media frenzy. Even now, people still ask bizarre questions about her b
ody and health. But Carr is flipping the narrative, calling herself an older sister to millions born through IVF.
She says one of the most common questions she gets asked is: “Do [you] have a belly button?”
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