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Fertility breakthrough as French woman recovering from breast cancer, 34,
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk By VANESSA CHALMERSThe woman had immature eggs taken from her ovaries with a needle
The eggs were matured in the lab before being frozen, a technique called IVM
When she wanted a baby five years later, the eggs were thawed and fertilised
An embryo was transferred to her womb and she became pregnant
Her baby, Jules, was born last July. He is the first baby to be born via IVM
Experts greeted the breakthrough as a major success for cancer survivors