A 41-year-old Chinese woman has given birth to a baby boy from an embryo frozen for 10 years.
The twin baby was born a decade after the birth of her elder son who was also conceived through IVF.
According to reports, the mother, 41-year-old Ms Wang, went to fertility specialists for help?in 2009, after trying and failing to conceive for five years.
Doctors said they cultivated 'a batch of embryos' using the same sperm and eggs.?
One of them was implanted into her straight away, and the rest were frozen.?
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While one embryo was implanted into Wang, who went on to give birth to her first child nicknamed 'Lu Lu', the rest were frozen so that she could go through the same process later - 10 years later, to be precise.
Wang, 41,?welcomed her second son on June 16 after giving birth via cesarean, with doctors?saying?'Tong?Tong', as he was nicknamed.
"From a medical perspective, Lu Lu and Tong Tong are twin brothers," said Zheng Jie, a doctor from the hospital's fertility centre said.?
Dr Zheng did not give more details about the twins but said the pair weighed the same at birth - 3.48 kilograms.?
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