.5 years ago using the old, early cryopreservation techniques of slow freezing on day one of development at the pronuclear stage can result in 100 percent survival of the embryos with a 100 percent continued proper development to the Day-3 embryo stage, said NEDC Lab Director, Carol Sommerfelt.
Date: Dec 19, 2017
Category: Health
Source: Google
Woman gives birth to baby using decades-old embryo
It is deeply moving and highly rewarding to see that embryos frozen 24 and a half years ago using the old, early cryopreservation techniques of slow freezing on day one of development at the pronuclear stage can result in 100 percent survival of the embryos, said Carol Sommerfelt, the lab director
Date: Dec 19, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Frozen embryo 'snowbaby' conceived the year after her mother was born
Emmas parents, Tina and Benjamin Gibson of eastern Tennessee, admit feeling surprised when they were told the exact age of the embryo thawed March 13 by Carol Sommerfelt, embryology lab director at the National Embryo Donation Center.
Date: Dec 19, 2017
Category: Health
Source: Google
East Tennessee woman gives birth to daughter who spent 24 years as frozen embryo
Emma had been frozen on October 14, 1992 and thawed by NEDC lab director Carol Sommerfelt on March 13, 2017. The NEDC said Tina became pregnant with Emma as a result of a frozen embryo transfer, or FET, conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Keenan.
Date: Dec 19, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
She finally had a baby naturally — with a 24-year-old frozen embryo.
The embryo was frozen on Oct. 14, 1992, when Gibson was about 18 months old, and was thawed on March 13, 2017, by embryology lab director Carol Sommerfelt, making it 24 years old,NEDC officials said in anews releaseposted to Standard Newswire Tuesday.
Date: Dec 19, 2017
Category: Health
Source: Google
Woman gives birth to daughter who spent 24 years as frozen embryo: 'She's perfect'
In this case, the receiving couple were provided with one-page profiles of all the available embryos that had been donated to the NEDC," NEDC lab director and embryologist Carol Sommerfelt told ABC News. They selected five donors to view extended profiles on and then they selected their preferred
Date: Dec 19, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Going viral: Tennessee family turns to Facebook in embryo adoption
Carol Sommerfelt is an embryologist at the National Embryo Donation Center. With six frozen embryos, she said, a couple would likely end up with two or three children. However, there's always a chance all six would be viable and grow into healthy babies.