US EditionCouple Welcomes Baby From 31-Year-Old Frozen Embryo in Record-Setting Birth
LONDON, OHIO, AUG 5 – The embryo was donated after donor reached menopause and was frozen for 11,148 days before birth, setting a new record, with about 1.5 million embryos currently stored nationwide.
- After over 30 years in storage, a 1994 embryo resulted in the birth of Thaddeus Daniel Pierce in London, Ohio, by Lindsey and Tim Pierce.
- After reaching menopause, she donated her embryos through Snowflakes’ open adoption program, having stored four embryos since 1994, according to donor Linda Archerd .
- In an unprecedented case, a nearly 31-year-old embryo, stored for 11,148 days, resulted in a live birth, Dr. John David Gordon confirms.
- Despite its age, medical experts say properly frozen embryos don’t necessarily raise health risks, and Lindsey Pierce emphasized, `We didn’t go into this thinking about records — we just wanted to have a baby.`
- With many embryos in limbo, ethical questions persist as a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court decision granted frozen embryos legal status.
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Baby born from embryo that had been frozen more than 30 years
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Associated Press A baby boy born to an Ohio couple developed from an embryo that had been frozen for more than 30 years — believed to be the longest storage time before a birth. Tim and Lindsey Pierce in November 2024 at Rejoice Fertility in Knoxville, Tenn. (Rejoice and John David Gordon via AP) In what’s known as embryo adoption, Lindsey and Tim Pierce used donated embryos that had been frozen since 1994 in pursuit of hav…
Thaddeus Daniel Pierce is a baby who was born just over a week ago in the state of Ohio, United States. But what has most attracted the attention of his arrival in the world is not his weight or his name, but his origin: it comes from a frozen embryo in 1994.This makes him – according to medical estimates – the embryo that has been stored the longest before giving rise to a birth.In total, he was cryopreserved for more than 11,100 days, that is,…
While many seek to break records of speed or strength, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce made history at birth after being frozen as an embryo since 1994, when his adoptive parents were barely 3 and 4 years old.A baby born in Ohio, USA, last weekend set a new record as the "oldest baby in the world", ...
Last weekend, in Ohio, United States, the oldest baby in the world was born. This particular name is attributed to the development of an embryo that was frozen for more than 30 years. It is Taddeus Daniel Pierce, who was born on July 26, 2025 in London (Ohio), after his parents, Lindsey and Tim Pierce, 35 and 34, adopted the embryo during 1994. This curious adoption took place when the parents were young. This embryo was conceived by Linda Arche…
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