When Tina Gibson got married seven years ago, the 26-year-old knew it was unlikely that she would have children naturally.
Her husband, 33-year-old Benjamin Gibson, had cystic fibrosis, a condition that can make men infertile, the couple told CNN.
The East Tennessee couple decided they would eventually adopt a child instead – and that they would foster several children in the meantime, until they were ready.
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Then, last year, during a break between foster children, her father told them about something he’d heard on the news – embryo adoption, according to CNN. Gibson couldn’t get the idea out of her head. She submitted an application for the adoption in August 2016, and by spring had three embryos from the same anonymous donor transferred into her uterus.
Emma Gibson was conceived in 1992, and was born more than 24 years later. Photo: Tina and Benjamin Gibson
It was only when she was preparing for the transfer that a doctor and lab director explained the embryos Gibson had chosen could lead to a “world record,” she told CNN.
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On November 25, Gibson gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Emma Wren Gibson. Emma was conceived in 1992.
