Greek woman gives birth using embryo frozen for 22 years
A 54-year-old Greek woman has given birth to a baby girl in Athens using one of her embryos that was frozen for 22 years, beating the country’s IVF age lim Read More: https://punchng.com/greek-woman-gives-birth-using-embryo-frozen-for-22-years/
Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi, a 54-year-old Greek woman, has given birth to a baby girl after using an embryo that had been frozen for 22 years. The birth, which occurred on Wednesday in Athens, marked Rapti-Tzelepi beating the government's age limit for women to undergo in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures. The couple, Rapti-Tzelepi and Constantinos, both 60, lost their 21-year-old son, Giorgos, in a road accident last October.
Giorgos had also been born via IVF. The new baby, Georgia, weighed 3.49 kilograms at birth. Rapti-Tzelepi described the experience as stressful but emphasized the importance of persevering with the support of her doctor and medical team. Her doctor, Dr Kostas Pantos, called for a review of the strict Greek government law limiting IVF eligibility to women under 54 years old, citing it as a denial of parental rights.
The couple expressed their desire to continue expanding their family, potentially through international IVF treatments.
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