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A 'Wild' Birth, From a Decades-Old Embryo

An Ohio baby has been born from an embryo frozen in 1994

(Newser) - A baby boy born has made history, arriving in the world after developing from an egg fertilized more than 30 years ago. It's the longest-frozen embryo to result in a live birth. It was a "rough birth," but Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, who arrived Saturday in the...

How to Get Pregnant at 50 Without IVF

'Snowflake moms' find drastically better odds, lower costs via embryo adoption

(Newser) - After multiple failed pregnancies, Maria Lancaster miscarried again when she was 46. At age 47, however, she finally gave birth to a daughter, though her pregnancy did not come through in vitro fertilization, or egg or sperm donation. Rather, Lancaster is a "snowflake mom," Ozy reports, having adopted...

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