Baby girl born from embryo frozen for more than a decade

A healthy baby girl weighing 3.3kg was born at the Central Maternity Hospital from a frozen embryo that had been stored for 11 years.

Baby born healthy at Central Maternity Hospital (Photo provided by hospital)

On August 27, Professor Nguyen Duy Anh, Director of the Hospital, said this was a special birth, demonstrating the ability of modern medicine to preserve long-term embryo samples.

The 37-year-old mother underwent IVF in 2014 at the National Center for Fertility Support and gave birth to her first son. The remaining embryos were stored with the intention of having more children later. "The doctor said that the embryo samples would be safely preserved whether they were 5 years, 10 years or longer. I never expected that more than a decade later I would actually return," she shared.

When she returned earlier this year, the woman was concerned about the quality of the embryo samples after such a long time. In particular, she carried the thalassemia gene and had experienced complications with oligohydramnios in her previous pregnancy. However, doctors confirmed that her health and quality indicators were guaranteed. On the first transfer, she conceived successfully.

"We only used one embryo sample, transferred it successfully and the result was as expected," Mr. Anh said, adding that he closely monitored this special pregnancy from beginning to end.

The National Center for Assisted Reproduction currently stores hundreds of thousands of embryos using advanced technology and machinery that meet international standards, ensuring safety, helping mothers, even at an older age, to get pregnant with embryos stored when they were younger. The survival rate of embryos after thawing is 99-100%. Even after decades have passed, each embryo is always cherished and preserved - so that when the parents return, the opportunity to become fathers and mothers is still intact.

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