A 38-year-old woman, has sued an IVF clinic after the wrong embryo was implanted in her, resulting in her birthing another family's baby.
The suit, filed Tuesday, Feb. 18, in Georgia state court, alleges that Krystena Murray "unknowingly and unwillingly carried a child through pregnancy who was not biologically related to her," something she learned only once she delivered the baby boy.
The suit added that after this shocking discovery, Murray had to give custody of the baby to his biological parents five months later, adding to her trauma.
Murray, a wedding photographer who lives in Savannah, had decided to conceive and raise a child with the help of a sperm donor through Coastal Fertility Specialists, which operates in vitro fertilization clinics in South Carolina and Georgia.
The lawsuit says that Murray selected a sperm donor who resembled her: the donor was white with dirty blond hair and blue eyes.
Coastal Fertility transferred an embryo to Murray in 2023, but when she gave birth in December of that year, Murray immediately "knew something was very wrong," the lawsuit says, because the boy that she delivered was a "dark-skinned, African American baby."
Speaking on Tuesday at a News conference, Murray stated that she was instantly terrified that the baby would be taken from her.
According to the lawsuit, she knew she had to tell the clinic, so in February 2024, Murray's attorney informed Coastal Fertility Specialists.
The clinic then identified and contacted the baby's biological parents, who are not named in the lawsuit.
They confirmed through a DNA test of their own that the child was theirs, then sued for custody, the legal complaint says.
Murray voluntarily handed over the baby to his biological parents in court on an agonizing day.
She is now suing the clinic for negligence, among other allegations, and seeks damages and a jury trial.
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