Woman, 54, gives birth in Greece after using embryo frozen for 22 years

Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, holds her three-day-old daughter, Georgia, as her husband, Constantinos Raptis, 60, stands in the background at a private maternity clinic in Athens, Greece, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A woman in Greece has given birth at the age of 54, beating a government deadline to use one of her embryos which had been frozen for 22 years.

Just months after their 21-year-old son died in a road crash in October, Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi now 54, and her husband made the decision to pursue another attempt using an embryo frozen for 22 years.