Ohio, Aug. 2 -- In a remarkable medical and personal journey, an Ohio couple has successfully welcomed a baby born from an embryo that was cryogenically preserved for over three decades. Lindsey (35) and Tim Pierce (34), of London, Ohio, who had been trying to conceive for seven years, are now proud parents to Thaddeus Daniel Pierce.

The embryo from which Thaddeus developed was one of four created in 1994 by Linda Archerd, now 62, through in vitro fertilization (IVF). One of Archerd's embryos resulted in the birth of a daughter, who is now 30 years old and a mother herself. The remaining three embryos were cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen.

Following her divorce, Archerd was granted custody of the cryopreserved embryos. She chose to dona...