A little boy was born in the family of an Ohio couple from an embryo who had been frozen for over 30 years, setting a new world record.
The woman had tried to have a child for seven years photo archive
Lindsey, 35, and Tim Pierce, 34, met their son, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, on Saturday. Lindsey said her family considered the whole experience “As an removed from a scientific-fantastic film”according to the BBC.
It is believed to be the longest period when an embryo was frozen before leading to a successful birth. The previous record belonged to a pair of twins born in 2022, from frozen embryos in 1992.
The Pierce family had tried to have a child for seven years, before deciding to adopt the embryo created by Linda Archerd, now 62 years old, along with her husband since then, through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
At that time, Linda Archerd had created four embryos. One became her daughter, who is 30 years old, and the other three were kept in the freezing.
Although she broke up with her husband, Linda did not want to destroy embryos, donate them for research or give it anonymous to another family.
She said she was important for her to be involved in the child’s life, as she was to be related to her adult daughter.
Linda paid thousands of dollars annually to keep embryos until he discovered an embryo -adoption Christian agency, Nightlight Christian Adoptions, which manages a program called Snowflakes. Many of these agencies believe their programs “Save lives”.
The program used by Linda allows donors to choose the adoptive couple, which means they can specify religious, racial and national preferences.
Linda wanted the embryos to reach a Christian, Caucasian couple, married in the US, saying for myth Technology Review did not want the embryos “To reach the country”.
Finally, a match was formed with the Pierce family.
The Rejoice Fertility Fertility Clinic in Tennessee, where the implantation of the embryo took place, said that its goal is to transfer any embryo received, regardless of age or conditions.
Lindsey Pierce said she and her husband did not seek to “I beat a record”but only “They wanted a child”.
Linda Archerd also said she hasn’t met her baby yet, but she can already see a resemblance to her daughter.
