Tina Gibson, 26, from Tennessee in the US has reportedly given birth to the oldest frozen embryo ever to come to term.
When Tina and her husband Benjamin couldn’t fall pregnant naturally, they decided to adopt a frozen embryo in March this year.
On November 25, baby Emma was born. She measured 20 inches long and weighed just under three kilograms, according to a statement from the National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville.
Amazingly, the embryo that became Emma was conceived in 1992 – only a year after Tina herself was born in 1991.
The embryo was 24 years old at the time it was thawed and transferred in March.
Emma’s father Benjamin described his newborn as a “sweet miracle”.
“I think she looks pretty perfect to have been frozen all those years ago.”
Lab director Carol Sommerfelt said the birth of Emma was “deeply moving and highly rewarding”.
“I will always remember what the Gibsons said when presented with the picture of their embryos at the time of transfer,” Sommerfelt is quoted in the press release. “They said: ‘These embryos could have been my best friends’, as Tina herself was only 25 at the time of transfer.”
