New world record for the longest frozen embryo – 30 years
Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway were conceived in April 1992 and were born in October 2022 in Portland, Oregon. They hold the record as the world’s...
Possible cancer risk with frozen IVF embryos
A study of more than 8 million children in Nordic countries suggests that children who begin life as frozen embryos (FET) may have a higher...
Orphaned embryos in the care of an orphan
Apologies for overlooking this story from seven years ago. But it is so thought-provoking that it deserves to be reported. I stumbled across it in...
The 27-year-old infant
World record for time as a frozen embryo for Molly Gibson Molly Gibson / National Embryo Donation Center When Molly Gibson celebrates her first birthday on...
Boy born from embryo frozen 20 years ago
Oldest-ever birth from frozen embryo An American woman has given birth to a boy who was created in an IVF clinic 20 years ago. This...
California baby 13 years in the making
A California woman has given birth to her third triplet 13 years after the first two were born. It is the longest time that a...
Are Snowflake embryos donated or adopted?
With the support of the Bush administration, Christian groups in the US are cooperating with IVF clinics to arrange for frozen embryos to be given...