Parents welcome 'oldest' twins in the world after they were born from embryos frozen THIRTY years ago – when George W Bush was President and Vanessa Williams topped the charts
By MAILONLINE REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 01:00, 28 November 2022 | UPDATED: 01:00, 28 November 2022


Two twins have been born 30 years after their embryos were frozen in what experts believe is a new world record. The embryos which led to the birth of Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway (pictured) were frozen in 1992, the year Bill Clinton ran for the Presidency in the U.S. and Vanessa Williams' 'Save the Best for Last' topped the Billboard 100 charts.


They were born on October 31st in what their parents Philip and Rachel called a 'mind-boggling' birth. They said the twins were their 'oldest children' - the couple have four others - even though they are less than a month old.


The embryos (pictured in photo) were frozen for an anonymous married couple in April 1992 who were undergoing IVF and using a 34-year-old egg donor, CNN reported. The husband was in his early 50s. They sat in storage in liquid nitrogen at -128c (-200f) in liquid nitrogen in a fertility lab on the West Coast of the U.S. until 2007 when the couple donated them to the National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Pictured: Parents Philip Ridgeway and Rachel Ridgeway.


They hoped another family could use them, a process called embryo donation. Their hopes were answered when the Ridgeways, from Portland, Oregon, wanted to have more children. Mr Ridgeway said they deliberately chose the embryos with the earliest donor numbers. He said: 'We weren't looking to get the embryos that have been frozen the longest in the world. We just wanted the ones that had been waiting the longest.' The embryos were thawed on February 28th this year. Of the five that were thawed, two were not viable and Mrs Ridgway had the other three implanted into her in March, 29 years and 10 months after they were frozen.


Two of the transfers were successful and the children were born in October. Lydia was born at 5lbs 11oz, and Timothy was 6lbs 7oz. The Ridgeways have four other children aged eight, six, three and one (pictured), none conceived via IVF or donors. Mr Ridgway said: 'I was five years old when God gave life to Lydia and Timothy, and he's been preserving that life ever since. In a sense, they're our oldest children, even though they're our smallest children.' Dr James Gordon, the Ridgeways' doctor, said: 'If you're frozen at nearly 200 degrees below zero, I mean, the biological processes essentially slow down to almost nothing. And so perhaps the difference between being frozen for a week, a month, a year, a decade, two decades, it doesn't really matter.'


Dr Jim Toner, a fertility specialist in Atlanta, likens it to an old story: 'It doesn't seem like a sperm or an egg or embryo stored in liquid nitrogen ever experiences time. It's like that Rip Van Winkle thing. It just wakes up 30 years later, and it never knew it was asleep'. 'This is a new record for the transfer of the longest-frozen embryo resulting in a birth,' said Mark Mellinger, marketing and development director at the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC). Before the Ridgeway twins, the previous record holder for oldest embryo was Molly Gibson who was born in 2020 from an embryo frozen for 25 years. Her mother Tina, 26, joked at the time that her child was almost as old as her.

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HarlequinLekex:
Those babies would surely suffer from health conditions after being defrozed.

OLAADEGBU:


Little miracles!

LordReed:


Not the type your god can do innit? LoLz.

OLAADEGBU:


Did you see the words "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made" emblazoned on the baby's clothing?

LordReed:


So? It wasn't your god's magic that preserved the embryos.

OLAADEGBU:


All the gods are dead but Jesus Christ is alive and He reigns supreme.

LordReed:


LoLz! Jesus is as dead as a doornail.

OLAADEGBU:


You didn't get the memo! Jesus Christ, The Lord is risen from the dead. He's alive forevermore!

LordReed:


Where's the evidence of that?

OLAADEGBU:


A.F. Branco Cartoon – He Has Risen
A.F. BRANCO on April 12, 2022 at 7:00 am

Jesus Christ Overcomes Death


Jesus was crucified on the cross and on the third day he rose to defeat death. Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2022.

LordReed:


LoLz, cartoon is evidence that a person rose from the dead 2000years ago. Bwahahahahaha!

OLAADEGBU:


If you want evidence click on the thread below unless you don't want me to disturb you with facts because your mind is already made up.

https://www.nairaland.com/261358/evidence-resurrection-jesus-christ

LordReed:


LoLz! Jesus is as dead as a doornail.

Saintmary:




Bring the dead body or stay silent forever you fool.



The same Person that made it possible for you to be breathing, gave you enough space to be a burden on the rest of the world, a disgrace to your family and lineage, a waste of oxygen and a useless addition to CO2 levels, a liability to the planet all because He wants to give you a chance to have some small sense.


He still keeps loving you, waiting for you to realize that He's still waiting for you to come to Him.


If not for His kindness, you should have been dead and forgotten, another insignificant, mindless addition to the already bloated populace of Hades.



Repent, and give Glory to God so that your existence will have some meaning.

LordReed:


I should bring the body of 2000yr old dead man that you don't even know where he was buried? Sounds like you are intoxicated. LoLz.

Saintmary:




Without evidence, you're just blabbing air.


You said He's dead, so bring the dead body.



I did my due diligence, that's why I say He's alive.



You do your due diligence, and bring the dead body, else, you're just a bottle of useless air.

LordReed:


LoLz! What due diligence did you do, read your Bible? Bwahahahahaha!

You are the one who needs to produce evidence, we know of nobody who is alive for 2000yrs talk more of a resurrected person. Bring your evidence that the dead jew is alive 2000yrs later. If you like insult me to your heart's content it won't change the facts. Bwahahahahaha!

Saintmary:




I wasn't insulting you.


I was calling you exactly what you are.



You have been blinded, so that you can't see your true state, only those looking at you can give an honest appraisal of your appearance.



Since you can't see beyond your nose.



I cannot banter with you, since you have chosen perdition and darkness rather than the Light.




Please get away from my mentions.

LordReed:


LoLz! You always know when a believer is angry with you, they use style-style to insult you which is what you are doing.

The simplest thing would have been to produce whatever evidence you have but since you don't have any you go on a rant. LoLz.

Make me stop, pray to your god to stop me. LMFAO!

Saintmary:



You must think you're important!


I should pray because of you?



How silly.


Ohhhhhh, I see you're trying to ask for help, you want me to pray for you



Eyah, there are more important people to focus on, nope, you get nothing princess

same way coneheaded structured Okoyeeboz and thechameleon ivartheMENTAL,who were frozen in a cooling local pot somewhere in oshogbo
Well eku December o

LordReed:


LoLz! You can't even obey your own religion. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, How sad. Bwahahahahaha

Saintmary:



You are not my enemy, you don't persecute me, you're just a misguided, blind sinner on your way to hell.



On the priority list of people to pray for, you are last on a veeeeeeery long list.



So, I maintain, you get nothing, only crumbs, if anything at all.



What a pathetic existence.

LordReed:


LoLz! There we go, keep massaging your ego since you can't produce a shred of evidence. Bwahahahahaha!