SCOTTIE ANDREW -- Though Molly Gibson is just over one month old, she could've been born at any point in the last 27 years.
Her embryo was frozen in October 1992 and stayed frozen until earlier this year in February, when Tina and Ben Gibson of Tennessee adopted her embryo. Tina gave birth to Molly in late October -- nearly 27 years after her embryo was first frozen.
Molly's birth is believed to have set a new record -- one previously held by her older sister, Emma -- for the longest-frozen embryo known to have to resulted in a birth. Not that records matter to the Gibsons.
The second embryo the Gibsons adopted wasn't thawed and transferred to Gibson's uterus until February. Gibson said she found out she was pregnant with Molly just days before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic.
"She's definitely been a little spark of joy for 2020," she said.
Born at the end of October at six pounds, 13 ounces, Molly lit up her family's world. And though she and her sister are medical marvels, Gibson said the thing that still surprises her the most is the fact that they're both hers.
"Every single day, my husband and I talk about it," she said. "We're always like, 'Can you believe we have not one little girl, but two little girls? Can you believe we're parents to multiple children?'"
Gibson told CNN in 2017, upon Emma's birth, that she and her husband had struggled with infertility. The couple had their hearts set on traditional adoption, but after her parents suggested checking out embryo adoption, their path changed in unexpected ways.
"You would think that throughout pregnancy that I would just be used to it, but I'm still completely blown away that they are ours," she said.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/baby-born-from-27-year-old-embryo-believed-to-have-broken-record-set-by-her-big-sister-1.5212357
Her embryo was frozen in October 1992 and stayed frozen until earlier this year in February, when Tina and Ben Gibson of Tennessee adopted her embryo. Tina gave birth to Molly in late October -- nearly 27 years after her embryo was first frozen.
Molly's birth is believed to have set a new record -- one previously held by her older sister, Emma -- for the longest-frozen embryo known to have to resulted in a birth. Not that records matter to the Gibsons.
The second embryo the Gibsons adopted wasn't thawed and transferred to Gibson's uterus until February. Gibson said she found out she was pregnant with Molly just days before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic.
"She's definitely been a little spark of joy for 2020," she said.
Born at the end of October at six pounds, 13 ounces, Molly lit up her family's world. And though she and her sister are medical marvels, Gibson said the thing that still surprises her the most is the fact that they're both hers.
"Every single day, my husband and I talk about it," she said. "We're always like, 'Can you believe we have not one little girl, but two little girls? Can you believe we're parents to multiple children?'"
Gibson told CNN in 2017, upon Emma's birth, that she and her husband had struggled with infertility. The couple had their hearts set on traditional adoption, but after her parents suggested checking out embryo adoption, their path changed in unexpected ways.
"You would think that throughout pregnancy that I would just be used to it, but I'm still completely blown away that they are ours," she said.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/baby-born-from-27-year-old-embryo-believed-to-have-broken-record-set-by-her-big-sister-1.5212357
