Carolyn Savage, Implanted with the Wrong Embryo, Now Has to Give Up the Baby
Carolyn Savage isn't feeling uneasy about delivering her fourth baby for the reasons most moms get anxious over giving birth. It's not about the pain, physically, at least. Instead, Carolyn and Sean Savage will be forced to give up their baby because she was implanted with the wrong embryo by her fertility clinic. The baby will go to its biological parents.
The Savage family. (msnbc.com)
Carolyn and Sean were thrilled when they found out she was pregnant with her fourth child after a decade of fertility problems. They shortly found out that the baby was not their own, and had to choose between terminating the pregnancy (which they are morally opposed to) and giving the baby up as soon as it is born. The Savages decided to carry out the pregnancy and have been in contact with the biological parents and mental health professionals to prepare to give the baby up. They told their story on the TODAY show to raise awareness that things like this can happen. Carolyn said on the show:
We’ve been rooting for the baby the whole time. We moved from a position of shock to a realization that this was actually going to happen. We needed to put the needs of the pregnancy and the child first.
Carolyn has been told by her doctors that this must be her final pregnancy, so they plan to have their remaining five embryos (the ones they thought they had used up for this pregnancy) implanted in a surrogate in hopes of having another child. The Savages told the TODAY show that their attorneys are handling the matter with the fertility clinic, and that their focus is the baby's well-being.
The Savages said they would like a chance to say goodbye to this baby, and then will let the other family go its separate way. Carolyn said: “Of course, we will wonder about this child every day for the rest of our lives. We have hopes for him, but they’re his parents, and we’ll defer to their judgment on when and if they ever tell him what happened and any contact that’s afforded us. We just want to know he’s healthy and happy.”
The Savage family. (msnbc.com)Carolyn and Sean were thrilled when they found out she was pregnant with her fourth child after a decade of fertility problems. They shortly found out that the baby was not their own, and had to choose between terminating the pregnancy (which they are morally opposed to) and giving the baby up as soon as it is born. The Savages decided to carry out the pregnancy and have been in contact with the biological parents and mental health professionals to prepare to give the baby up. They told their story on the TODAY show to raise awareness that things like this can happen. Carolyn said on the show:
We’ve been rooting for the baby the whole time. We moved from a position of shock to a realization that this was actually going to happen. We needed to put the needs of the pregnancy and the child first.
Carolyn has been told by her doctors that this must be her final pregnancy, so they plan to have their remaining five embryos (the ones they thought they had used up for this pregnancy) implanted in a surrogate in hopes of having another child. The Savages told the TODAY show that their attorneys are handling the matter with the fertility clinic, and that their focus is the baby's well-being.
The Savages said they would like a chance to say goodbye to this baby, and then will let the other family go its separate way. Carolyn said: “Of course, we will wonder about this child every day for the rest of our lives. We have hopes for him, but they’re his parents, and we’ll defer to their judgment on when and if they ever tell him what happened and any contact that’s afforded us. We just want to know he’s healthy and happy.”
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