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A BABY BORN AT 30: A NEW LIFE FROM A FROZEN PAST

Lindsey and Tim Pierce, a frozen — Linda called them A Sci-Fi Story Come to Life tools. During the process, a yet, doing so would be a
couple living in Ohio, didn’t her “three little hopes.” glass vial shattered and cut dream come true.
just grow their family when After trying to conceive for a lab technician’s face — a
their baby, Thaddeus Daniel Though she had long seven years, Lindsey and small injury for a scientific More Than a Baby — A
Pierce, was born on July hoped to use them herself, Tim were open to every triumph. Scientific Record
26 — they made history. age, menopause, and life possibility — including
Thaddeus is the first known circumstances eventually adopting older embryos A Life That Began in 1994 The Pierces never intended
baby to be born from an led her to a decision: it was that most clinics wouldn’t to make history — they
embryo that had been time to give those embryos accept. That’s how they Of the three thawed just wanted a child. But
frozen for 30 years and 6 a chance — with another were matched with Linda’s embryos, one failed to Thaddeus’s birth has
months, making him a living family. decades-old embryos. At grow. The other two were become a powerful
miracle of science, faith, and first, they were stunned: “We transferred to Lindsey’s reminder of the boundaries
perseverance. But Linda didn’t want didn’t know embryos could uterus, and one developed science can push, the
to donate her embryos be frozen that long,” they into a healthy pregnancy: strength of belief, and the
Three Tiny Hopes, One anonymously. She wanted said. Thaddeus. Remarkably, he many forms that family can
Enduring Dream to know who would carry now has a biological sister — take.
them, how the children The medical process a 30-year-old woman from
This extraordinary story would be raised, and to keep was far from simple. In the same batch of embryos. This baby is more than a
begins in 1994, when Linda a connection. That’s how the 1990s, embryos were bundle of joy. He is a miracle
Archerd turned to IVF she found the Snowflakes slow-frozen — a technique Linda Archerd wept when of frozen time, modern
after years of struggling to Embryo Adoption Program, now considered outdated. she saw Thaddeus’s first medicine.
conceive. That year, four a unique system allowing for At Rejoice Fertility, skilled photos. “He looks just like
embryos were created. One mutual selection and open embryologists carefully my daughter when she was
became a healthy baby girl. communication between thawed the embryos using a baby,” she said. Though
The remaining three were donors and recipients. protective gear and delicate she hasn’t met him in person

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