Summary
- Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, who was born on 26 July, holds the record for the oldest baby, having been developed from a 30-and-a-half-year-old embryo.
- His parents, Lindsey and Tim Pierce, who live in London, Ohio, adopted the embryo from a donor who had it created in 1994.
- The donor, Linda Archerd, had been trying to get pregnant for six years before turning to in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
- IVF involved transferring one of four embryos she had created with her husband at the time into her uterus, resulting in a healthy baby girl.
- Archerd originally planned to use the remaining three embryos herself but eventually decided to offer them for adoption after going through menopause.
By Jessica Hamzelou
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