The twins Lydia Anne Ridgway and Timothy Ronald Ridgway were born in Tennessee. From embryo or embryo (Embryo), which is an embryo donated by an anonymous couple. They were delivered to the US National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) in Tennessee in 2007. Both embryos were frozen in liquid nitrogen at -128°C on April 22, 1992.
Rachel Ridgway, mother of four from Oregon gave birth to twins on October 31. Mr Philip Ridgway said he was deeply touched.
NEDC, an NGO that has assisted in the birth of more than 1,200 donated embryos, said this could mark a new record. The previous record holder was Molly Gibson, who was born in 2020 from an embryo frozen for almost 27 years.
Embryo deposition is very common in the United States. Because there are many couples who want to have children through IVF or IVF. which is the mixing of eggs and sperm In Vitro Fertilization in the Laboratory Fertilized eggs or embryos are then taken. implanted in the woman’s uterus to continue the pregnancy process
Rachel and Philip Ridgway searched the NEDC database and considered specific embryos in the category. “special consideration” which means It is a group of embryos that are difficult to find people to raise. The database did not specify how long the embryos were frozen. But showing the donor’s number
The twin embryos were created for an unnamed couple using IVF whose donor was a 50-year-old man and reportedly dependent on a 34-year-old egg donor. The embryos were stored in a US west coast fertility laboratory until 2007, before both donors gave to the NEDC located in Knoxville, Tennessee, for another couple to use instead.
apart from Lydia-Timothy the Ridgway family had four other children who were born naturally, aged 8, 6, 3 and almost 2. “In a sense, they are our oldest children,” said Philip. Even though they are our youngest children.”
