Baby Girl Born From Frozen Embryo After 27 Years
Molly’s embryo broke a world record for the longest time an embryo had been frozen before birth
WEB DESK: In Tennessee, a state in the southeastern United States, a couple gave birth to a baby girl Molly, whose embryo was originally frozen 27 years ago.
Tina Gibson and her husband Ben used a donor embryo that was frozen in the year 1992. The embryo was thawed earlier this year and was transferred to Tina’s uterus two days later.
Molly’s embryo broke a world record for the longest time an embryo had been frozen before birth.
The couple broke this record for the second time. Earlier, Molly’s elder sister made headlines back in 2017, who was a frozen embryo for 24 years.
“The fact that we are holding these miracles, it’s unbelievable that God would just pour his blessings on us like that. We don’t deserve it that’s for sure,” Tina said.
The Gibsons struggled with infertility for nearly five years and then Tina’s mother saw a story about embryo adoption on a local news channel.
The couple got in connection with the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC), a non-profit organization (NGO) that stores frozen embryos that in vitro fertilization patients decided not to use and chose to donate instead.
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Both embryos were donated at the same time in 1992 and the sisters are genetic siblings.
The couple first gave birth to Emma in 2017 and later adopted Molly’s embryo in February 2020.
The couple is very excited to have both girls in their life and they do not care about how they looked like and from where they belonged.
What is embryo donation?
When couples go through in-vitro-fertilization (IVF) which is a process of fertilization. Some couple have extra fertilized eggs which they donate. The embryos are frozen and stored for years to be thawed in the future.
