Woman Carries Other Couples Baby

Can you imagine finding out the the baby you were carrying was not your own? That happened to an Ohio woman recently. She was contacted on the phone and told that in fact she was carrying the baby of another patient at the clinic. The family who's embryo it was, was contacted the next day I guess.

When you are dealing with fertility issues there are so many variables to consider. The woman who was carrying the baby did decide to carry the baby to term. Luckily for the baby and the other family this woman had a clear head when it came to the fact that it was not HER baby to keep or to "get rid of". What if this was the last child that this woman was allowed to carry for health reasons or something. I think they said that she will be able to have another child when she is ready, but it would have been so horrible is that was the case.

I guess all is well that ends well, but things could have definitely gone worse. If I were the Ohio woman I think I would have demanded a DNA test of ALL patients of the clinic after the date in which I had embryos or eggs there. What if this is not the first time that the clinic has made this type of error? How did they realize the error? The mind simply spins with questions!

I know that I would have made the same choice to give this child to its family, but what if another woman would not. I don't think that many women in this situation would have terminated the pregnancy since they themselves obviously know how hard it can be to have the family you want. When you combine this many emotions with buckets of hormones anything can happen.

My thoughts and prayers go out to both of these families and any other that is involved with the same clinic.