World’s Oldest Newborn Baby
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a great story of a man who is born old… and ages backwards. Recently, a newborn baby pulled off the “being born old” part in reality. Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was born on July 26. At the moment of his birth, he was already technically 30 years old. That’s because the embryo that would become Thaddeus was fertilized in 1994. It took three decades before his mother decided to allow another couple to “adopt” the embryo. Being so old, it was by no means given that the embryo would still be viable. Yet, everything went well, and now Thaddeus’s parents are very happy with their newborn. Thaddeus’ story begins in the early 1990s with Linda Archerd and her now-ex-husband. They had been trying for a baby for six years without success. They wanted a child, though, so they decided to turn to in-vitro fertilization (IVF). “A lot of people were like, ‘What are you doing?’” she added. Despite it all, together with her ex-husband, Archerd produced four viable embryos. One of them was implanted into her uterus and, nine months later, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl. The three other embryos were stored in ice for future use. However, that opportunity never came.
After her first child, Archerd wanted to have another. Her ex-husband disagreed, and the row over additional children ended with their divorce. Archerd won custody of the three frozen embryos, and she decided to keep them in storage — despite the roughly $1,000 per year costs of doing so. She hoped that eventually, she could use them herself, hopefully with another partner. But years went on, and the embryos remained frozen. Eventually, Archerd hit menopause and the option of having another child disappeared. Yet, being a devout Christian, Archerd didn’t want to dispose of the embryos. Archerd found out about embryo adoption agencies. Finally, she found the Snowflakes program, run by Nightlight Christian Adoptions, which took the embryos on their “adoption” list in 2022. Eventually, the agency put Archerd in touch with Lindsey and Tim Pierce. They’d been trying for a baby for seven years and had decided to turn to embryo adoption. They were a unique couple because they were willing to accept any embryo — even Archerd’s 30-year-old ones. “We thought it was wild. We didn’t know they froze embryos that long ago,” Lindsey said. Archerd and the Pierces got together and hit it off. They agreed that Lindsey would be allowed to carry the embryos to term.
One, however, grew into a healthy fetus. And that fetus, some months later, was born as Thaddeus. When he was born, he smashed the record for the baby born from the oldest frozen embryo by eight years. Of course, the Pierces weren’t aiming for that when they adopted Archerd’s embryos. “We didn’t go into it thinking we would break any records. We just wanted to have a baby,” Lindsey said. With Thaddeus being born, Archerd hopes she gets to meet him one day. She also wants to introduce Thaddeus to his sister, who is three decades his senior and has a 10-year-old of her own. “The first thing that I noticed when Lindsey sent me his pictures is how much he looks like my daughter when she was a baby,” Archerd said. “I pulled out my baby book and compared them side by side, and there is no doubt that they are siblings.”
Cheery childbirth
My wife is pregnant and my doctor asked me if I had ever been present at a childbirth before.
I replied, “Yes just once.”
The doctor asked, “What was it like?”
I said, “It was dark, then suddenly very bright.”
A French couple named their newborn daughter “CCC”.
Pronounced: “Tracey.”
God created childbirth to give women the chance to experience what it’s like…
For a guy to catch a cold….
It’s a blonde who gave birth to two beautiful babies, twins, however, she cries endlessly!
The nurse asks, “But madame! Why are you crying? You are now mother of 2 beautiful babies, in good health!
“I know, says the blonde, but I do not know who is the father of the second baby!”
August 8th Birthdays
1997 – Dani Dyer, 1987 – Peyton List, 1979 – Counters Vaughn, 1938 – Connie Stevens
1937 – Dustin Hoffman, 1978 – Ode the dog 1981 – Roger Fedderer, 1935 – Donald P. Bellisario