Parents of the world’s oldest baby could end up breaking their own record

The parents of the 'world's oldest baby' who was born last month could actually end up breaking their own record.

For those not in the loop, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was born in Ohio, US on July 26th to parents Lindsey, 35, and Tim Pierce, 34.

But he's no ordinary baby - the little one pushed scientific boundaries and broke a world record as he came from an embryo that had been frozen for more than 30 years.

That's right - he was conceived all the way back in 1994 via IVF by Linda Archerd, 62, and her ex-husband. However, the embryo was left frozen for three decades as they hoped to have more children one day.

When circumstances changed, she opted to donate the embryos to the Open Hearts programme - a scheme at a Christian adoption agency that matches them with hopeful parents based on a series of preferences.

The embryo was matched with Lindsey and Tim, who had been trying to have a baby for seven years, and after liking what they saw on Linda's profile, the papers were signed and the process got underway.

The parents of the world's oldest baby could hold onto their record for longer than expected (Supplied)

Fast forward nine months and the parents welcomed little Thaddeus just weeks ago and have been in 'awe' with him ever since.

Speaking to Tyla, they explained their future embryo adoption plans - and it looks like there's a chance they could even break the record again in the future with the baby's sibling.

Thaddeus currently holds the record for the 'oldest baby,' after taking it from twins born in 2022 from embryos frozen 30 years previously in 1992 - Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway.

Opening up on what the future holds, the new parents excitedly explained that they already have two more embryos frozen and waiting for them.

While they were acquired at the same time as Thaddeus' embryo, they come from different donors.

Lindsey said: "We have two more that are frozen in storage right now from another family. So they're tucked away just waiting for us and Thaddeus to get a little bigger so he can be a good big brother."

They revealed that these embryos are from around 2004, so, if they waited until 2034 to welcome another family member, there's a chance they could steal the record again.

This would make their embryos older than the one Thaddeus came from - are you still with us?

Thaddeus was born last month to parents Lindsey, 35, and Tim Pierce, 34 (Supplied)

The whole concept is bizarre to wrap your head around, and even Lindsey has compared it to a 'sci-fi movie'.

Tim added: "We adopted them the same time we adopted Thaddeus' batch because they had us match with two families that had smaller batches of embryos, and then to give them a chance to see what would happen.

"Because it's still 5050, they could transfer and it could not be a viable pregnancy. So we matched with both of them, and we did Thaddeus batch first, and it was successful. So then they said, okay, we'll keep these other ones until you're ready to have more children. "

He went on to explain that in the US, embryos are qualified as property.

This means that when you go through the adoption process with a company like Nightlight Christian Adoptions, the group that Lindsey and Tim used, they 'draw up a contract between the families to sign over the embryos from one family to the other'.

So now, those embryos belong to the Pierces, Tim assured: "And so they are our babies, our embryos to be transferred."

We can't wait to see what's in store in the future for the record-breaking family!

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