NY fertility clinic used wrong sperm, suit claims

[Beauty Mark]

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Originally Posted by Emma_Frost I'm wondering why their names are out in the public. If it was in the best interest of the child (and the parents) they'd keep this thing a little more low profile (like using codenames or something).

I think their names had to be legally released because of the lawsuit.

 

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by GreekChick It's funny because this child lived inside this woman's body for 9 months, this child is HERS,it's HER blood (even if it's not the father's), the child still has HER genes, etc...You would think a mother/child bond is special, that she'd love it completely, unconditionnally BECAUSE of that. But no, we always need more....

Sadly thats not always the case, and not all mothers bond with their baby.

 

[GreekChick]

^^ I agree with you Raerae
But before the child was born and actually saw what it looked like, I'm assuming after waiting so long to have a baby, this mother did bond with her child during the 9 months of her pregnancy. She thought it was her husband's and treated it accordingly.
Did those 9 months of her supposedly nurturing a growing human being inside her own body, after waiting so long for that chance, not mean anything when this child was born?
Also, like I said above, this child is HERS, even if it's not her husband's. So she was not forced to raise anything that isn't hers. All in all, it's obvious to me the couple is complaining because the opportunity to have something together, that united them, was missed; not having an actual child. If the sole purpose was to have a child, they would've been told by anyone to shut up and live with the human SHE gave birth to.

 

[macslut]

I saw a picture of the family today, the child doesn't look all that out of place (sorry for being blunt about it). I also heard a child psychologist say that this could cause a great deal of emotional damage to the child (no kidding) if the parents continue to use phrases like "mistake" and "forced to raise". Of course, I don't think that actually shocks anyone here.

 

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by macslut I saw a picture of the family today, the child doesn't look all that out of place (sorry for being blunt about it)

Heh i was kinda thinking the same thing. The couple was hispanic and white, i was thinking, "there gonna have brown kids anyways."

Reminds me of some Maury Povich episode where a girl was having a paternity tests on her 3 kids saying this man was the father. And he was saying how they were to dark to be his kids, or the lips were to big, etc etc. In the end all 3 were his.

 

[Beauty Mark]

Genetics are funny. One of my friends has two parents with pale skin (they're Chinese) and she's dark enough to pass as Southeast Asian.

She takes after some other relative.

 

[Jacq-i]

Hmm... If I was in that situation, I'd be happy to have a healthy baby but...

It might be a little wierd having another man's child, instead of my husband's. I'd still love the baby with all my heart, but I am sure I'd be dissapointed at the lack of detail from the clinic...

If I was her husband, I'd be proud of my baby, and love her dearly, but again, I'd wish my wife wasnt impregnated by another man.

That being said, I have a lot of friends that were adopted, and I would consider adopting a kid myself. I don't think the problem is that the child doesn't share their blood, I think the point that if they wanted to adopt a child, they would have, and since they wanted to make a child together, that is what they should have received.

Plus, I am sure the media put a dramatic spin on their words, and they are out of context.