An American couple had twins whose embryos were frozen and had been conceived 30 years ago, in 1992, US media reported Monday.
For the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC), these will be the oldest embryos that will be used successfully, although there is no official global data to support this information.
The mother, Rachel Ridgeway, is only three years older than the embryoswho are now two babies named Lydia Ann and Timothy Ronald.
The babies’ biological mother was a 34-year-old egg donor and their father was 50 when they were conceived.
The clinic explained that other embryos, which would be siblings of the current ones, were implanted at some point in that woman.
Timothy and Lydia, who were born three weeks ago, were 15 years waiting in a fertility clinic from the west coast and then another 15 years stored in the laboratory of Southeastern Fertility, a medical clinic affiliated with NEDC.
According to the NEDC, the previous record for the oldest embryos successfully used was 27 years.
Source: Observadora
