The children’s father, Philip Ridgeway, says it is “overwhelming”. (symbolic picture)
America (USA) I’ve been frozen for 30 years fetus (frozen embryos) to a couple twin baby (twins) are being born. According to BBC report, This embryo was stored on macro at -128C (-200F) thermo since 22nd April 1992. It is believed that this is the new record for the birth of twins from an embryo kept frozen for the longest time. Rachel Ridgeway, a mother of four from Oregon, gave birth to the twins on October 31. Father Philip Ridgeway says it is “overwhelming”.
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The BBC reports that indicators from the US National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) suggest that Lydia Ann and Timothy Ronald Ridgeway are about to set a new record. The NEDC says they have helped create more than 1,200 babies using donated embryos.
The record for the first time a person was born after being frozen for a long time was set by Molly Gibson from the NEDC. Molly was born in 2020 after being frozen as a fetus for 27 years.
According to News 13The parents of these twins from Oregon had arrived in Knoxville (Knoxville) to attend the National Embryo Donation Center’s program. The medical director here, Dr John David Gordon, said the couple had demanded that they only want the embryos that have been waiting for the longest time to be born.
Dr. Gordon said that there are about 1.5 to 3 million frozen embryos in the US waiting to be frozen. Some were never used and some were put up for adoption.
According to CNN reportWhen people use IVF technology, more embryos may be created during the process than they were used to. Extra embryos are frozen in Zita for future use, donated for research and learning on reproductive medicine, or donated to people who want children.
Like other human tissue donations, in order to be considered an embryo, it must meet the US Food and Drug Administration’s criteria to check whether the embryo is free of infectious diseases.
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