Greek woman, 54, gives birth after using embryo frozen for 22 years

Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, and her husband, Constantinos Raptis, 60, welcomed a baby girl from a 22-year-old embryo (Picture: AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

An overjoyed Greek couple has welcomed a daughter using a decades-old frozen embryo after enduring unthinkable heartache.

Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, and her husband, Constantinos Raptis, 60, decided to have another child following the devastation of their 21-year-old son, Giorgos, dying in a car crash in October.

Pursuing a fresh start, they raced to beat a government deadline, since, in Greece, the legal age limit for women completing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures is 54 years and 0 days at the time of embryo transfer.

Up against the clock, the couple had to s...