US Couple Breaks Record by Welcoming Twins from Embryos Frozen 30 Years Ago

Frozen embryo: An Oregon couple has broken a record by bringing home twins from embryos that were frozen in April 1992, 30 years ago, according to CNN. Molly Gibson, who was born in 2020 from an embryo that had been frozen for over 27 years, held the previous record. The “world’s oldest babies,” the Oregon twins, were born on October 31 to Rachel and Philip Ridgeway.
The twins, Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway, were the longest-frozen embryos to give birth to a living child, according to the National Embryo Donation Center. Baby boy Timothy was delivered at 6 pounds, 7 ounces (2.92kg), whilst baby girl Lydia was born at 5 pounds, 11 ounces (2.5 kg).

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The embryos were donated thirty years ago by an unidentified donor couple

The children were born as a consequence of the donation of embryos, typically from parents who had surplus embryos after having a successful in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The embryos were donated thirty years ago by an unidentified donor couple who had utilised in vitro fertilisation and had cryopreserved them at 200 degrees below zero. The couple gave the frozen embryos to the National Embryo Donation Center in 2007 after they had been in cold storage at a West Coast reproductive lab since April 22, 1992. Lydia and Timothy were born from the frozen embryos fifteen years later.

The Ridgeways decided to use donated embryos to conceive more children despite already having four older kids who are ages 8, 6, 3, and almost 2. The pair deliberately searched for donors in the “special consideration” category, which refers to embryos for which it had been challenging to find recipients.

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“They’re our oldest children, even though they’re our smallest children.”

Ridgeway said to CNN: “We weren’t looking to get the embryos that have been frozen the longest in the world. We just wanted the ones that had been waiting for the longest. There is something mind-boggling about it. In a sense, they’re our oldest children, even though they’re our smallest children.”

The proud father continued, “I was 5 years old when God gave life to Lydia and Timothy, and he’s been preserving that life ever since.”

Fertility specialist Ellen S. Glazer of Harvard Medical School claimed that there are many IVF-produced embryos with five possible futures.

Options include:

1. The embryo may be thrown away.
2. The couple may choose to have more children.
3. Embryos can be given to science as a donation.
4. The embryos may be given to a different individual or couple.
5. Make no decision

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