Georgia Woman Sues Fertility Clinic For Implanting Wrong Embryo After She Birthed Another Couple’s Baby

SAVANNAH, Georgia — A 38-year-old woman is suing the fertility clinic she used to conceive a child after the wrong embryo was implanted in her, resulting in a shocking discovery as soon as the infant was born, according to a lawsuit.

The suit, filed Tuesday in Georgia state court, alleges that Krystena Murray “unknowingly and unwillingly carried a child through pregnancy who was not biologically related to her,” something she learned only once she delivered the baby boy. Murray then had to give custody of the baby to his biological parents five months later, adding to her trauma, the suit says.

Murray, a wedding photographer who lives in Savannah, had decided to conceive and raise a child with the help of a sperm donor through Coastal Fertility Specialists, which operates in vitro fertilization clinics in South Carolina and Georgia. 

The lawsuit says that Murray selected a sperm donor who resembled her: the donor was white with dirty blond hair and blue eyes. Coastal Fertility transferred an embryo to Murray in 2023, but when she gave birth in December of that year, Murray immediately “knew something was very wrong,” the lawsuit says, because the boy that she delivered was a “dark-skinned, African American baby.”

Georgia woman sues fertility clinic for implanting wrong embryo after she birthed another couple’s baby