A baby girl has written her name in history as she was born healthy 27 years after she was conceived.
Little Molly Everette Gibson is a Tennessee baby who joined her family on October 26, nearly three decades after her embryo was frozen.
The baby’s mother, Tina Gibson, was reportedly just one year old back in 1992 when Molly’s embryo was frozen.
In February this year, the embryo was thawed at the National Embryo Donation Center and implanted into Tina by President & Medical Director Dr. Jeffrey Keenan.
Following her birth, Molly broke the world record for the longest frozen embryo to result in a successful birth.point 422 |
Molly took the title away from her own sister, Emma Wren Gibson, who was born back in 2017 after her embryo remained frozen for 24 years.point 112 | The embryos of Emma and Molly were frozen on the same day back in 1992.point 169 | 1
Praising the technology that made all of this possible, NEDC’s Lab Director & Embryologist Carol Sommerfelt suggested the sisters’ successful birth after all those years “reflects on the technology used … and its ability to preserve the embryos for future use under an indefinite time frame”.point 602 | 1
“When Tina and Ben returned for their sibling transfer, I was thrilled that the remaining two embryos from the donor that resulted in Emma Wren’s birth survived the thaw and developed into two very good quality embryos for their transfer,” Sommerfelt said according to Good Morning America.
“This definitely reflects on the technology used all those years ago and its ability to preserve the embryos for future use under an indefinite time frame.”
Congratulations to the family!
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