It may have been an honest mistake by the hospital but it’s the parents who are going to suffer more. What is going to happen to the baby and who is going to get custody of him/her? It would be devastating for both sets of parents no matter how you look at it. Hopefully it can be settled amicably.

The circumstances around how this error was discovered are mind boggling. I hope both families can work this out for the sake of the child.

I heard this story and and also read about the details and it must be incredibly difficult for all parties. It is good to know that it is an isolated incident but no doubt that are still many questions that all parties will want answered. I do hope all parties receive the support they will need.

As difficult as this is going to be for both the birth parents and the biological parents what must be remembered is that this child holds the most important position and it can’t become a case of “they’re mine- no they’re mine ”
That would make this even more of a tragedy

I read a book about a year ago called “Hold My Girl” and I dealt with this scenerio. The only difference in the book was that the birth mother had carried and delivered a baby that was biologically not hers. It was another womans egg and her husbands sperm. Even more complicated

I heard about this on the news. It is a very interesting case as both sets of parents technically have a claim on this child. It will be interesting to see how they resolve the dispute. The birth parents will be devastated if they don’t get to keep the baby that they have already nurtured through pregnancy. But the biological parents still have a right to be a part of the child’s life if they want to.

I have read and heard a few things on this tragedy and it truely is heart breaking for families. I did IVF to have my child and would be totally heart broken if I was in this situation. I actually don’t know how the families will get through this. Monash has a lot of explaining to do considering the processes and steps involved I am really unsure how something like this could even happen. It is so careless.

This has been on my mind for days since first reading it. I can’t believe that something like this could happen. I’m unsure how accurate it is, but have read that due to how strict Australia’s surrogacy laws are that the biological parents could struggle to obtain parental rights. It’s heart breaking for everyone. I can’t imagine growing and birthing a baby you understood was yours. Loving them and watching them thrive and thinking you might have to part from them. I also cannot begin to imagine knowing a child walks amongst me who is part of my husband and I, but I’ve never seen their face. It’s such a horrendous situation. I hope Monash IVF will have to pay even more than the $58M for wrongful disposal just paid.

More must be done at the clinics to avoid this ever happening again
As somebody who went through 7 unsuccessful years of fertility treatment this hits me hard
My husband and I do have a now 25 year old adopted son who became a part of our lives through the Foster System as a then 9 month old heroin addicted child who had been born in a prison hospital
I can only hope that this tragedy doesn’t become a case of a tug of war over this child between the birth parents and the biological parents
Biology is not the be all and end all of family This is something my husband and I have lived with all our lives (He and his sister were adopted and my late brother was adopted)
It has to be remembered that this precious child holds the most important position no matter how hard this is going to be for both the birth and biological parents

Ive read a few articles on this now, and it is absolutely devastating for all involved. I know accidents happen and people make mistakes but this mistake has some pretty huge consequences. I think what makes it worse is the time taken for the mistake to actually be found. Truly feel for everyone involved.

I’ve now seen news reports, and it sounds just awful for everyone. It’s not even like it was discovered during pregnancy or at birth; that baby is a toddler now, and no doubt has parents who already love them and are shattered at the idea of giving them up. Absolutely devastating.

This is huge !! A serious mistake that has major consequences for all involved; not only for the parents who gave birth to a child that is actually not theirs, but also for the parents this embryo truly belonged too. And worse you can’t turn back the clock. A simple apology is not good enough

It’s so awful for everyone involved as it can complicate things in the future when their child is born and wants to ask questions or know more. What do you do as a parent? Do you hide it or tell them the truth and feel awful. Its such a big accident – i wonder how the parents are feeling

Well there has been so many girls over the years that do not know who the father is or do know and never tell their husband the truth .And then there is those that have many children from different men and the story goes on I am just glad I am not in these clubs

This is so awful, not least because there is no good solution to what has happened. Since it sounds as though the birth parents did not have an embryo born to someone else, they’re facing the total loss of their parenthood. I can’t imagine what that would be like. So horrible for them all.