Carolyn and Sean Savage

On the drive home from the hospital, Shannon Morell peered at her sleeping newborn in his car seat and wondered, what would be the fastest route back to normal?The truth is the arrival of every child forces a new definition of normal. But unlike most other parents, Morell and her husband, Paul, had no advice books on what they were going through: Their son was the result of an extraordinary mix-up at a fertility clinic in which another woman was implanted with the Morells' embryo.Seven months...Read Full Story

Carolyn Savage didn't know what to think, what to say, where to look as the ultrasound wand glided over her belly. It was supposed to be her baby inside. Not someone else's.Yet here she was in her doctor's office with the baby's biological mother, both brought together by a terrible error at a fertility clinic. A doctor, they said, had given Savage the wrong embryo, and now she was carrying the other woman's child."The wand is on my abdomen and the technician's talking to someone else: 'There...Read Full Story

After giving birth to another couple’s child as the result of being implanted with the wrong embryo, Carolyn Savage and her husband Sean introduce TODAY’s Ann Curry to their twin girls, born via surrogate. Add this to your queueAdded: Fri Nov 18 16:29:12 UTC 2011Air date: Fri Nov 18 16:29:01 UTC 2011Duration: 05:59Read Full Story

After giving birth to another couple’s child as the result of being implanted with the wrong embryo, Carolyn Savage and her husband Sean introduce TODAY’s Ann Curry to their twin girls, born via surrogate. Add this to your queueAdded: Fri Nov 18 16:29:12 UTC 2011Air date: Fri Nov 18 16:29:01 UTC 2011Duration: 05:59Read Full Story

An Ohio woman who was implanted with the wrong embryo has given birth to a "healthy baby boy" and given him up to his biological parents, her family said in a statement.Carolyn Savage, 40, and her husband Sean offered their "heartfelt congratulations" to Paul and Shannon Morell -- the boy's biological parents, according to the statement released late Friday.The child was delivered at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio on Thursday."We wish Paul, Shannon, their twin girls and...Read Full Story