- Sounds crazy and kind of science fiction like, and it turns out it really is.
Molly Everette Gibson is known as a miracle baby, as she was born using an embryo frozen back in October 1992. Molly was born less than two years after her mother Tina was born in April of 1991.
Are you confused? Because I was too, but this is what happened.
It’s all because of science. Molly was technically 27 years old when she was born, making her just 18 months younger than her mom. ‘Miracle Molly’ broke the previous record of Emma Wren, her sister, who spent 24 years as an embryo on ice before she was born in November 2017.
Both full genetic embryos were transferred to Tina’s uterus three years apart, after being frozen together. Tina said, “It’s hard to wrap your head around it, but as far as we’re concerned, Molly is our little miracle.”
According to the University of Tennessee Preston Medical Library, Molly enters the history books as the longest-frozen embryo known to result in a live birth. 
“It was very rewarding for me to see an embryo that was frozen years ago result in the birth of a lovely baby. I feel honoured to be part of the process.”
Couple Tina and husband Benjamin have been married for 10 years and previously fostered children before considering traditional adoption. It wasn’t until early 2017 that Tina’s parents told her about the possibility of conceiving with a donor embryo.
Her parents shared that there was a non-profit organization aimed at helping women conceive this way. They weren’t interested at first but they later admitted that they ‘couldn’t get it out of their minds’.
When they visited the NEDC, they were presented with profiles of around 300 strangers who donated spare embryos following IVF treatments. Tina shared that, “We weren’t picky, we just wanted a baby.”
They narrowed their choices to couples who had donated that were short in stature and then looked into their health backgrounds. When she was first transferred the embryo , Tina was amazed to find out that the embryo had been frozen for 24 years.
When Tina and Benjamin decided to have a sibling for Emma, it was a no-brainer to them to use an embryo from the same donors. The doctor who supervised the delicate thawing process for both of the embryos,
Dr. Sommerfelt said, “As long as the embryos are maintained correctly in the liquid nitrogen storage tank at -396 degrees, we feel they may be good indefinitely.”