Georgia woman says she'll "never fully recover" after IVF mix-up leads to her losing custody of 5-month-old baby

A woman who gave birth to a baby boy that wasn't hers due to an embryo transfer mix-up filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a fertility clinic in Georgia after she was forced to give up the 5-month-old infant.

Krystena Murray, a White woman, realized something went wrong at the Coastal Fertility Specialists clinic in May 2023 when she delivered a baby that did not match the appearance of the sperm donor she had chosen who looked similar to her with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. 

Instead, on Dec. 29, 2023, she delivered a baby who was Black. Murray said she didn't know what to do but take care of the baby, including breast-feeding him, taking him to doctor's appointments and cuddling him throughout the day.