Second baby conceived with frozen egg and sperm
Posted by cassie on Monday, 23 April, 2007 @ 8:52 am
FRIDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) — A 36-year-old California woman has given birth to the first baby in the United States to be conceived using a frozen egg and frozen sperm.
Adrienne Domasin gave birth to Noah Peter Domasin (8 pounds, 4 ounces) at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, Calif., the Associated Press reported.
While there have been about 200 documented births from frozen eggs worldwide, the only other birth from a frozen egg and frozen sperm took place in Australia. That birth was reported last year in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics.
Domasin decided to take part in the California study after she learned two years ago that her fallopian tubes were blocked. She was unable to afford in-vitro fertilization but was determined to have a baby, the AP reported.
After eggs were harvested from Domasin, they were frozen for four months, then injected with thawed donor sperm. A fertilized egg was then placed inside Domasin.
The freezing of sperm has been done for decades but attempts to use frozen eggs have a low success rate, the AP reported.
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