The switched IVF baby was born

[still_me]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33031478/ns/health/wid/11915773?GT1=31036

[JudyJudyJudy]

I feel so bad for the birth parents. Based on their beliefs, though, it sounds as though they totally did the right thing.

[Annalise]

Here is an article that has a lot more information that what was in the other thread:
http://www.toledofreepress.com/2009/09/24/couple-prepares-for-baby-from-%E2%80%98mistaken%E2%80%99-embryo/

The couple that just gave birth has 3 children already and has already had her remaining embryos transferred to another clinic and will be seeking out a surrogate so they can have their fourth child. Looks like they are also going to sue the clinic. Good.

The couple that are being given the baby already have twins and I think this is the last baby for them as that was the last of their embroys that were planted into the wrong mother.

From the article everyone knew about this from the moment that the clinic called to say the transfer had taken and they were pregnant. The couples met with lawyers at the end of the first trimester but the pregnant couple never had any intention of keeping the baby or fighting for it.

Not the first time it's happened, from the article:
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine doesn’t track how many women have been given the wrong embryos, said Eleanor Nicoll, a spokeswoman. Only a few cases have popped up the past decade or so.

A California woman was given $1 million in 2004 to settle a suit against a fertility specialist who accidentally gave her the wrong embryos and hid the mistake until her baby was 10 months old.

A white New York woman gave birth to a black couple’s baby in 1998 after an embryo mix-up that set off a two-year court fight between the couples over visitation rights. Just this year, a Japanese woman aborted her pregnancy after she was told there had been a mistake at a government-run hospital.

Each fertility clinic has its own system for identifying and tracking embryos. Most patients get an identification number that also is kept with the embryos while they are stored. Names are double-checked. So are the numbers.

Can you imagine how much worse it would be to have the clinic hide it from you and have to go through custody battles. Those poor people!

[JudyJudyJudy]

The link in the OP has two videos that I watched that discuss a lot of this.

Can you imagine how much worse it would be to have the clinic hide it from you and have to go through custody battles. Those poor people!
Assholes. I can't even imagine.

A doctor is being interviewed in one of the videos I mentioned above, and he said that the mistake has been made about 3 or 4 times out of over 3 million in vitro cases, so like he said, the chances of this happening are literally one in a million.

[joshsmom]

I think it is a horrible situation that had the best possible ending for everyone involved. I hope that the Savage family gets to realize their own dreams of adding one more child to their family.

[Tiffers]

Here's the link to the video Judy is referring to.

The statement given by the birth mother to the biological parents just broke my heart and brought me to tears.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33031162#33031162



In a statement Friday, the Savages offered congratulations to the Morells.

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"At this time, we would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to the Morell family on the birth of their son," the Savages' statement said. "We wish Paul, Shannon, their twin girls and their new baby boy the best, as they move forward with their lives together."

The Savages asked for privacy in the days ahead, saying "Our family is going through a very difficult time."

[JudyJudyJudy]

Here's the link to the video Judy is referring to.

The statement given by the birth mother to the biological parents just broke my heart and brought me to tears.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33031162#33031162
Yeah, I literally cried. :( They seem like genuinely good people.