Dr. Mickey Coffler was recently quoted in an article for Fox News written by Brittany Kasko titled “Mom of 5 chooses pregnancy one more time after fertility clinic asks about her leftover embryos.”

A family is continuing to grow 13 years after freezing some lucky embryos at an IVF clinic. Tanis Larson and her husband Dave Larson unsuccessfully tried to have a baby for two years – and in 2010, the Canadian pair ultimately elected to undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, SWNS reported. Through this process, Tanis Larson wound up with 13 healthy embryos.

In May 2021, the Larson’s welcomed their fifth child, conceived naturally, a girl named Summer who has Down syndrome. After a phone call in 2023 from the fertility clinic, Tanis Larson is now expecting her fourth boy – so all four of her boys will have come from the same IVF treatment in 2010. Larson has received backlash online for having more children after giving birth to a child with Down syndrome.

Dr. Mickey Coffler, a board certified reproductive endocrinologist at HRC Fertility, told Fox News Digital that the chromosomal abnormality risk remains the same as it was when Larson was 31 years old and going through IVF treatment. “Fortunately, embryo cryopreservation offers extended storage without known chromosomal abnormality risks related to storage duration,” he noted.

To learn more about the Larson’s story, read the article in its entirety here.