A Georgia woman who gave birth for months and raised a boy filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic claiming she implanted the wrong embryo in her on Tuesday, when she gave birth to another couple’s biological child I did. She later lost custody of the child.
Krystena Murray, 38, of Savannah, filed a civil lawsuit against a coastal fertility expert, calling the mistake “emotionally broken” from her experience. The business operates clinics in four cities: Savannah and South Carolina.
The case, filed in state court, was also appointed by Dr. Jeffrey Gray, with a handful of John and Jane being defendants.
According to a lawsuit obtained by USA Today, the clinic reportedly implanted the wrong embryo into Murray’s uterus and gave birth to another parent’s baby in December 2023.
“In spite of the clinic’s misconduct, Christina wanted to have a baby. She was heartbroken when she lost custody five months after giving birth,” Paifer Wolf said. the lawyer added that he has not seen the child.
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“I will not recover completely from this.”
“I’m emotionally broken. I can’t express shock and violations when I know that your doctor has put a stranger’s embryo into your body,” Murray issued a statement through his lawyer. . “Take the baby, fall in love with him, save him, build a unique special bond between the mother and baby, and let him take everything away. I will never fully recover from this.”
Adam Wolf, one of Murray’s lawyers, called the clinic’s alleged mistakes “a very serious mistake” and “life-changing.”
“This should never happen in a fertility clinic,” Wolf said.
Trump said he was the “father of IVF.”
She “knowed something was wrong.”
Murray hired the clinic to help him get pregnant with one of the eggs and donor sperm, according to a 41-page complaint cites violations of the state’s fair business practices law and gross negligence in the case. .
Murray chose a sperm donor that looked like her. “And I was white, with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes,” her lawyer said, and the clinic moved its embryos to Murray in May 2023.
According to her lawyer, on December 29, 2023, “Murray delivered a beautiful, healthy boy, but seeing the child Christina knew something was wrong.”
Murray, according to her lawyer, requested a DNA test in late January 2024, received the results in late January 2024, and learned about a baby belonging to a couple who used coastal fertility to get pregnant. .
Another DNA test reveals that another couple is a genetic parent of their child
Another DNA test confirmed that the couple was a genetic parent of their child, according to Murray’s lawyer.
Shortly before late March 2024, the clinic transferred stranger embryos to Murray, warning the child’s biological parents.
Her attorney said Murray hired a family law lawyer and that she would lose the case against her.
“While we don’t want to make the situation difficult for our children, Christina gave up on the baby at the family court hearing in May 2024,” her lawyer wrote.
The lawsuit seeks ju trials that include past and future medical costs, as well as financial damages for pain and distress.
This story has been updated.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter at USA Today. Contact her at nalund @usatoday.com and follow her at x @nataliealund.