A pregnant mother is about to give birth to another couple's baby after a terrible mistake by an IVF clinic.
She is is 35 weeks pregnant and expecting the baby in a fortnight. Carolyn Savage, from The US, had the wrong embryo implanted into her and now she and her husband Sean face having to give the boy up to his biological parents as soon as he is born.
Mrs Savage told The Daily Mail ..... 'The hardest part is going to be the delivery. I remember communicating with the mother of this child as to what I was envisioning and hoping for. I said, "We want a moment to say hello, and goodbye" ....We are trying to mentally frame it in a positive way and look at it as a gift for this family that eight months ago we didn't know. I think that is the only way we'll get through it.'
The couple already have two sons aged 15 and 12 and an 18 month old daughter, born through IVF.
Mrs Savage learned she was pregnant with a boy in February after deciding to try again with the last of her frozen embryos. They learned about the mix-up after Mr Savage received a phone call at work and returned home to tell his wife.
She said: 'I was upstairs in my bedroom and he came to the door and said "I have some really bad news". You're pregnant.... but they transferred the wrong embryo.' Mrs Savage said she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
The couple decided not to have an abortion because of their religious beliefs, and have met the other couple and arranged a handover. They have all received psychological counselling.
Lawyers for the Savages have said that they will ensure that the fertility clinic that made the error 'will accept full responsibility for the consequences of their misconduct'.
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