IVF mix-up hell: US couple sues clinic after another woman gives birth to their baby boy
- Couple claims their embryo was mistakenly implanted in a New York woman, who gave birth to their son
- It is the second lawsuit in the case after New York couple also sued clinic
A California couple have filed a lawsuit over what has been described as one of the worst IVF mix-ups, that led to another woman giving birth to their baby boy.
Anni and Ashot Manukyan, of the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, said their life was upended after their embryos as well as those of two other couples were mishandled by CHA Fertility Centre.
As a result, they said a complete stranger in New York gave birth to their child in March after two embryos – theirs and one belonging to another unidentified couple – were mistakenly implanted into the woman’s uterus.
The New York woman, who is of Korean-American descent, was expecting to give birth to twin girls but wound up with two boys who were not Asian.
The Manukyans said that they were unaware they had a son until the clinic, located in the Los Angeles area, contacted them out of the blue to obtain their DNA so that it could determine whether the child born to the New York couple was theirs.
Adding insult to injury, Anni later learned that she had been implanted with an embryo – which failed to result in a pregnancy – belonging to another couple who were also clients of the fertility clinic.