‘The world’s oldest baby’ has just been born

The world’s oldest baby has been born, setting a new world record.

Lindsey, 35, and Tim Pierce, 34, welcomed their baby, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, on Saturday.

But Thaddeus’ birth is unlike any other. He was born from an embryo that had been frozen for more than 30 years.

“We had a rough birth, but we are both doing well now,” Lindsey told MIT Technology Review.

“He’s very cool. We are amazed that we have this wonderful kid!”

Thaddeus’ life began in 1994, when his parents were still youngsters themselves.

Linda Archerd, now 62, had generated four embryos with her then-husband via IVF.

One of the embryos developed into Linda’s 30-year-old daughter, while the other three were frozen.

While Linda wanted to have another child, she and her husband divorced; nonetheless, Linda obtained custody of the leftover embryos and paid to put them in storage.

“I always thought it was the right thing to do,” she told me.

Linda decided that she didn’t want to abandon the embryos or donate them to research, but she also didn’t want to give them to a family anonymously.

“It’s my DNA; it came from me… and [it’s] my daughter’s sibling,” said the actress.

Linda then found out about embryo adoption through Nightlight Christian Adoptions, which allowed her to pick the family to whom she gave the embryos.

Meanwhile, Lindsey and Tim had been attempting to have a baby for several years and had seen numerous physicians during their reproductive quest.

The couple ended up enrolling in the same fertility program as Linda, called Snowflakes, and they immediately matched.

Thaddeus was born many months later.

Lindsey had the treatment done at the Rejoice Fertility IVF facility in Tennessee.

The clinic claims its goal is to transfer whatever embryo it gets, regardless of age.

Lindsey claimed that she and Tim did not intend to ‘beat any records,’ but rather ‘wanted to have a kid.’

Meanwhile, Linda said that she had not met Thaddeus yet but noticed a likeness to her daughter.

Thaddeus is now the ‘world’s oldest infant.’

“It’s been pretty surreal,” Linda admits.

“It’s hard to even believe.”

Prior to Thaddeus’ birth in 2022, Rachel and Philip Ridgeway had twins from embryos produced in 1992.