Baby girl born from frozen embryo... more than a decade ago

The Central Maternity Hospital has just welcomed a beautiful baby girl who cried out from an embryo that had been stored for 11 years.

Ms. VA happily welcomed her daughter at the Central Maternity Hospital - Photo: BVCC

See you 11 years ago

In 2014, Ms. VA (born in 1988, Hanoi ) underwent in vitro fertilization at the National Center for Reproductive Support and gave birth to her first son. She deposited the remaining embryos at the center, as a silent promise: "When I'm ready, I'll come back to pick you up."

"The doctor told me that the embryo would be safely preserved for 5 years, 10 years or more. I never expected that more than 10 years later I would actually come back," Ms. VA was emotional.

In January 2025, Ms. VA returned to the center. The archived records showed that all embryos were intact, with full information and quality as the first day they were sent to the archive.

Seeing her name and the embryo intact, Ms. VA was both excited and moved, as if she was about to meet her long-lost child again.

But she was worried: 11 years later, were those embryos still safe? During her previous pregnancy, she had a stressful second trimester when the fetus had low amniotic fluid. She also carried the thalassemia gene, which made pregnancy more risky.

"I asked the doctor if the embryo could still be used after ten years. The doctor said it was absolutely possible, and the quality would still be the same. That answer made me feel much better," Ms. VA recalled.

At the National Center for Reproductive Support, Ms. VA was clearly explained both the risks and benefits of embryo transfer. Doctors confirmed that her health indicators and embryo quality were guaranteed.

Receiving encouragement and support from the medical team, Ms. VA decided to enter the embryo transfer procedure with full confidence.

Miracle from the first embryo transfer

In the first embryo transfer after 11 years, Ms. VA became pregnant successfully. This special pregnancy was closely monitored by Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duy Anh, Director of the Central Maternity Hospital, because he understood that this was not just a normal pregnancy management case - but a living testament to the power of modern embryo preservation technology.

"The Central Maternity Hospital has successfully taken an embryo that had been frozen for 11 years in a freezer, thawed it, and transferred it into the mother's uterus.

The patient was initially very worried, thinking that after all these years the embryo might be damaged and unusable and that creating a new embryo at this age would be very difficult. But in reality, the embryos stored properly in the cryogenic chamber of the National Center for Reproductive Support - Central Obstetrics Hospital still ensure quality after more than a decade.

We used only one embryo, transferred it successfully and the result was as expected," said Professor Anh.

On the morning of August 22, the baby girl weighing 3.3 kg cried loudly in the delivery room, extremely healthy and rosy. Ms. VA was satisfied, looking at her child and smiling. "Eleven years, she has waited for us for so long. Thank you, thank you doctors."

The baby's birth is living proof of a particularly impressive medical story - the journey of an embryo that had been "sleeping" for more than a decade has truly come to life.

WILLOW

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/be-gai-chao-doi-tu-phoi-thai-tru-dong-hon-1-thap-nien-truoc-20250827113437758.htm