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Months after son killed in crash, couple welcomes daughter born from embryo frozen for 22 years
cbsnews.com • • world
Key Points:
- A Greek couple welcomed a baby girl using an embryo frozen for over 22 years, just months after losing their 21-year-old son in a road accident.
- Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, had a narrow 2½-month window to undergo IVF before Greece's government-imposed age limit of 54 years for such procedures.
- The birth highlights the potential to reconsider Greece's strict IVF age restrictions amid the country's declining birth rate, according to their doctor, Dr. Kostas Pantos.
- The couple named their daughter Georgia in memory of their late son Giorgos and expressed hope for the future, with plans possibly including having another child abroad.
- The successful use of a decades-old frozen embryo is notable, with the previous record being over 30 years, underscoring advances in reproductive technology.
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