Baby Born from Frozen Sperm
A baby has been born from a 21-year-old frozen sperm. According to
specialists this is the longest frozen sperm ever to successfully conceive.
Chris Biblis, 38, was treated for leukemia in his teenager years. The then
teenagers was urged by his parents to freeze some of his healthy sperm prior
to radiation and chemotherapy procedures damaged his sperm. Back in the
late 1980s there were very few if any fertility treatments for men, so this
was quite an accomplishment to freeze his sperm.
UPI article said, "Biblis has been clinically disease-free for more than 20
years. Last May, he and his wife, Melodie, 33, also in excellent health,
sought fertility treatment with Reproductive Endocrinology Associates of
Charlotte founder and fertility specialist Dr. Richard L. Wing. "They
achieved pregnancy on their first cycle of intracytoplasmic sperm injection
used in conjunction with in vitro fertilization, a now-routine procedure for
male infertility, using her eggs and his frozen sperm," Wing said in a
statement."
The trend of freezing sperm and eggs prior to undergoing any procedures that
may damage them has become quite popular in recent years, more and more
fertility experts in fact are urging and recommending patients do so to
preserve and protect their fertility for later years.
Posted by Tala on 4/13/2009 1:07:39 PM
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