Posted on 01/10/2024 10:01:58 PM PST by Morgana
A first-time mom who carried twin babies to term before being forced to give them up has settled with the fertility clinic which 'unimaginably' implanted her with embryos from two other women.
The Korean-American woman from New York City only discovered the appalling mix-up in the delivery room when the twin girls she had been told to expect turned out to be two Caucasian boys.
She and her husband, named in court papers as AP and YZ, had struggled for years to conceive before spending $100,000 at the Cha Fertility Clinic in Southern California.
But just six weeks after becoming parents, a court ordered them to hand over the babies they had so looked forward to.
And it left them with 'permanent emotional injuries from which they will not recover', their lawsuit claimed.
'They may never know what happened to their embryos, as well as whether the currently cryopreserved embryos are genetically matched to them,' it added.
Custody of one of the boys was awarded to its genetic mother Anni Manukyan and her husband Ashot who also sued the clinic.
Anni and the other boy's genetic mother had all been at the clinic on the same day in August 2018 when AP was implanted with their embryos, and Anni herself was mistakenly implanted with the embryo of a fourth couple.
That pregnancy failed and the Manukyans were completely unaware they had become parents until they received a call from the clinic asking them to take a DNA test in March 2019.
AP meanwhile had been told to ignore scan results suggesting the girls she was expecting were in fact boys, with clinic co-owner Joshua Berger telling her his own wife had seen the same anomaly while pregnant.
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I watched an old episode of Bull today with this same scenario.
This never happens when we use the normal route.
Sounds like the normal route wasn’t working for them.
We used to call that “life” and move on.
Not in this case.
This is beyond excuse.
Sorry, I think I didn’t make my point very clearly.
Years ago, when the “normal route” didn’t work, you accepted what was possibly God’s plan for your life, and moved on. If you were blessed with children at some point, fine. If you weren’t, then perhaps there was something else for you.
Agree
Like adoption.
But in this case, the clinic should make this right.
Prospective parents who don’t mind bringing up healthy kids with differing DNA because of a mix-up have learned an important lesson - don’t complain or you will lose custody.
Then refuse treatment if you have a life threatening medical situation. God must want you dead if you have that heart attack or cancer. Don’t play God.
OK, that makes much more sense.
I agree.
This is far from the same thing. What an unintelligent argument.
Is this the state of people now?
“...when the twin girls she had been told to expect turned out to be two Caucasian boys.”
Normally there’s a lot of drinking involved in a punchline like this.
When I go to MD Anderson for an appointment, I have my wristband checked at least five times before I see my oncologist.
They are extremely careful.
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