“We’d been trying for children for a while after we got married, and at one point we thought it’s time to look into adoption,” Lindsey told LADbible.
“We had never heard of this, but we thought ‘why not’? The timeline is shorter than international or domestic adoption and the price is lower, too. We’d only been in the programme for two years and we have a baby.”
Ms Pierce told MIT Technology Review her family thought “it’s like something from a sci-fi movie”.
Thaddeus’s embryo is believed to be the longest that has been frozen before resulting in a successful birth. The previous record – as per BBC – was held by a pair of twins born in 2022 from embryos frozen in 1992.
Speaking to LADbible, Lindsey and Tim revealed how they plan to tell Thaddeus about his historic birth once he’s old enough to understand.
“Snowflakes encourages open adoption and telling the child when they start to understand the process at their level, and then just increasing it as they get older,” said Lindsey.
“We’re in contact with Linda, so we want her to be part of the story, and then we will tell him he broke a record.
“We hope to meet her one day, she’s just across the country. We’ve been in contact with her since the beginning of the pregnancy. She’s loved every single update and picture about him. We want her to be a part of his life.”
