This Girl Is 14 Years Old ; Next Birthday, Toddler Shani Will Be Three. But She Was Conceived Over a Decade Ago and Her Embryo Frozen in Time in a Medical Miracle That's Brought Joy to Her Parents. So Just What Took Her so Long? [Eire Region]

Daily Mail › June 03, 2009

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BY RIGHTS, Shani Moran-Simmonds should be a typical teenager, with raging hormones, a mobile phone and a bedroom bedecked with posters of her favourite pop icons. Conceived in the summer of 1995, her energies would probably be focused on her forthcoming 14th birthday celebrations, while her parents would be concentrating on her options for her school exams.

Instead, Shani's world is one of toddler gyms and teddies. She is a beguiling two-and-a-half-year-old who totters around on plump baby legs, blows wet kisses to her parents and laughs with sweet delight at those around her.

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This Girl Is 14 Years Old ; Next Birthday, Toddler Shani Will Be Three. But She Was Conceived Over a Decade Ago and Her Embryo Frozen in Time in a Medical Miracle That's Brought Joy to Her Parents. So Just What Took Her so Long? [Eire Region]

Because this wide-eyed toddler was born an astonishing 11 years after she was conceived through fertility treatment. As an embryo, she remained frozen in time for more than a decade as her parents' increasingly desperate attempts to have a baby were dashed.

Finally, in December 2005, Debbie and Colin Moran-Simmonds agreed to have their embryos defrosted -- and Debbie became pregnant with Shani.

It's believed she is one of the world's oldest frozen babies -- or 'Frosties' as they are known. And for Debbie, a 39year-old legal secretary, and Colin, a 44year-old ...

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