Georgia woman says she’ll “never fully recover” after IVF mix-up leads to her losing custody of 5-month-old baby
A boy gave birth to a baby boy, not her boy, because of embryo transfer mixed measures filed a lawsuit against a Georgia fertility clinic Tuesday after being forced to give up his five-month-old baby.
CristnerA white woman realized something was wrong at the Coastal Fertilizer Expert Clinic Clinic in May 2023 when she gave birth to a baby that didn’t match the appearance of her chosen sperm donor, she looked similar to her, Dirty blonde hair and blue eyes.
Instead, on December 29, 2023, she gave birth to a black baby. Murray said she didn’t know what to do and could only take care of the baby, including breastfeeding him, take him to a doctor’s date and hug him all day.
But the next few months were filled with anxiety about the new mother, Attorney Adam Wolf explain. Murray never posted photos of his child online, nor allowed her friends and family to see him. She ended up buying a family DNA kit, and test results she received in late January 2024 confirmed what she already knew. complain Oppose Dr. Jeffrey Gray and Coastal Fertility.
The complaint said Murray contacted the fertility clinic on February 5, 2024, and later informed the baby’s biological parents about what happened. The baby boy was 3 months old and the couple who lived in another state sued Murray for custody.
“Bring the baby, falling in love with him, saving him, building a unique special bond between mother and baby, all of which can take him away. I will never fully recover from it.”
The complaint says Murray voluntarily waived custody of the boy after a family law lawyer concluded in May 2024. She said she had never seen a baby since then. According to the lawsuit, Murray is seeking a jury trial with a sentence of $75,000.
In a statement to CBS News, coastal fertility experts acknowledged the error and apologized for the troubles caused.
“This is an isolated incident with no further patients affected. On the same day, we immediately conducted an in-depth review and additional safeguards to further protect patients and ensure that such incidents do not re-exist. happens,” the statement reads in part.
As fertility treatments like IVF continue to rise in the United States – From 2018 to 2023, up 33%According to a Pew Research Center investigation – lawsuits like Murray are also starting to emerge.
exist New YorkA fertility center transferred the embryo to another client, a total stranger, and then gave birth to a son with the other couple’s children. In 2023, a Texas couple sued a fertility clinic Sperm Error During the IVF process. In California, a same-sex couple sued a fertilization clinic claiming they wanted a son to be hindered after a female embryo Implanted by mistake In their surrogacy.
