And while baby Thaddeus is a record-breaker, plenty of other babies have been born from embryos that have been frozen for significant spells of time. Before that, the title was held by Molly Gibson, who developed from an embryo that was in storage for 27 years. These remarkable stories suggest there may be no limit to how long embryos can be stored. There are plenty of reasons why someone who created embryos might never use them. Archerd says that while she had always planned to use all four of the embryos she created with her then husband, he didn’t want a bigger family.