The world’s oldest baby was born in Central Ohio from a frozen embryo

If you thought all newborn babies were the same age, think again.

According to a story from MIT Technology Review, the world’s oldest baby was recently born to London, Ohio-based parents Daniel Pierce and Lindsey Pierce on July 26.

The couple used IVF, relying on a donor’s egg that was frozen more than 30 years ago, having been in storage since 1994. Named Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, the child now holds the record for the world’s “oldest” baby.  

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“We had a rough birth, but we’re both doing well now,” Lindsey Pierce told the MIT Technology Review. “He is so chill. We are in awe that we have this precious baby.”

The London, Ohio couple used an embryo that was originally taken from Linda Archerd, who is now 62, when she and her husband had the embryo frozen over three decades ago after a cycle of IVF.

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