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Child is First Born from Frozen Egg

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Published October 25, 2011 at 3:29 PM EDT
Avery Lee Kennedy, 5, sat for a portrait with parents Wendy Kennedy, left, and Jared Kennedy and younger brother John Glenn Kennedy, 3. Avery is the first child born of the world's first commerc
Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader
Avery Lee Kennedy, 5, sat for a portrait with parents Wendy Kennedy, left, and Jared Kennedy and younger brother John Glenn Kennedy, 3. Avery is the first child born of the world's first commerc

A 5-year-old Lexington girl was the first child born from mixing frozen eggs with live sperm. Avery is the first child born of the world's first commercial egg bank. Nonetheless, making babies from frozen eggs is still a somewhat dicey business.
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