HILLSBORO, Mo. – Nightlight Christian Adoptions is the agency that helped connect Ohio parents Lindsey and Tim Pierce with a frozen embryo donor.
The embryo was frozen in 1994. The birth of Thaddeus Pierce in July has some calling his birth the oldest on record.
“People are saying he’s 30 years old,” said Lara Kelso, executive director of the Nightlight Christian Adoptions office in Hillsboro, Missouri. “He’s really just a newborn baby.”
The story has made international headlines and generated curiosity.
“It’s brought a lot of awareness to embryos and embryo adoption,” Kelso said.
The agency has locations in various parts of the country. It helps parents adopt in several ways, including domestic adoption, international programs, and adoption from foster care.
The agency’s program for embryo adoption is Snowflakes.
Kelso encourages anyone with questions about the process to reach out.
“We handle it from beginning to end much like a traditional domestic adoption,” she said.
Kelso said many families are surprised to learn frozen embryos are an option.
“Anytime we have an inquiry call, we do like to explain to them that we do have a program that can allow you to be pregnant with your adopted child and start bonding early on in the pregnancy,” she said.
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