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After a clerical mix-up in a fertility clinic in 2009, Carolyn and Sean Savage were informed they were carrying another couple's child.
The wrong embryo had been implanted, "Today" reports, but the Sylvania Township, Ohio, couple opted to continue the pregnancy, anyway.
"We knew that we had somebody's very, very wanted child," Caroline Savage tells the news show. "I just couldn't see doing -- taking that away from another mother. There's just no way."
Carolyn Savage delivered a baby boy, Logan, who was given to his biological parents.
The Savages gave birth to a boy, Drew, in 1994, with no complications. But then fertility issues began to arise. In 1997, Ryan was born prematurely, and, after 10 years and four miscarriages, the family welcomed Mary Kate in 2008, using IVF.
"That IVF produced extra embryos we had frozen for later pregnancy attempts which led us to a frozen embryo transfer in February 2009 and the call from the doctor alerting us of the medical error," the couple writes on a site for its book, "Inconceivable: A Medical Mistake, the Baby We Couldn't Keep, and Our Choice to Deliver the Ultimate Gift."
The Savages tell "Today" they wanted to use the remaining embryos, via surrogate Jennifer Onash. She miscarried an earlier pregnancy, but is now expecting twins for the couple, due in August.
"Now that Jennifer is expecting twins for our family, we are overwhelmed with gratitude," Carolyn Savage writes on the "Today" website. "Obviously, we are grateful to be expecting two more children with Jennifer's help. But, more importantly, we are grateful for the lessons Jennifer taught us about generosity, kindness and love. That will always be her greatest gift to us."
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 4)
4-07-2011 @ 11:57PM
Bella T said...Everything happens for a reason! Congratulations! What a terrific reward for your selfless act of carrying another family's baby to term knowing all along you had to give him up.
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4-07-2011 @ 3:30PM
eleanor said...This couple doesn't need any lessons on generosity. They have seen it from the other side and know the reality.
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4-07-2011 @ 4:10PM
Aubs W said...For the new twins, get everything from HTTp://BIt.lY/BABYlanding We've gotten free formula and diapers as well some nice stuff free for mom and dad.
4-07-2011 @ 7:49PM
don said...I hope the babies are ok and don't have downs. In this day and age, isn't 3 enough???
4-07-2011 @ 3:33PM
vickie said...If she carried the other baby boy ...and then gave it back to the biological parents why did she have a surragate carry theses twins.....I am confused...I read the story twice.....
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4-07-2011 @ 3:42PM
R said...I saw them on tv, after she delivered the baby for the other couple she was left physically unable to carry another child, that is why they had to go with a surrogate.
4-15-2011 @ 2:18AM
Linda said...Yes, I did the exact same thing..
4-07-2011 @ 3:54PM
ceejayp said...And because of their generosity, the good Lord doubly blessed them with twins. How wonderful and appropriate.
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4-07-2011 @ 7:54PM
Mary said...Wouldn't the Good Lord be pleased if they adopted ONE of the millions of children that are orphans of the world. Now that would be nice.
4-10-2011 @ 7:04PM
Megan said...And actually, if we're being techical, the good Lord did not grant them with twins, science put them there. Generosity? Ha, more like greed. I agree, the good Lord should bless them with TWO of the needy children in the world and not with yet another two to burden the population
4-07-2011 @ 6:24PM
Roe said...These people are out of their minds!!! How old is this woman? to be the parents of twins is difficult at best. This is where medicine goes wrong.
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4-07-2011 @ 7:50PM
Mk said...I think it's a nice story on one hand, but on the other, why aren't they just satisfied with what they have, which is 3 healthy children. I'm a little mixed on my feelings about the whole surrogate issue. I personally don't understand the need in a case like this. Maybe if they had NO children, but...
4-08-2011 @ 4:13AM
Carolyn Anderson said...I think it's pathetic that instead of seeing the beautiful thing these people did by giving the baby to the biological family, and then being blessed with twins on the way - from another generous and beautiful person, you people sit here and criticize because they want a large family. What business is that of yours? If you're not paying their bills, why should it matter to you? Can't we just accept that there are good people in this world or are we so sour that we have to bring them down? Sheesh!
4-07-2011 @ 4:06PM
Vinsmom99 said...Why does the author of this article insist upon writing as though both parents were pregnant and both gave birth. Sorry, all you PC looneys out there, only the woman was pregnant and gave birth. Get over it everybody.
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4-07-2011 @ 7:48PM
Hope said...I agree completely,drives me nuts. WE ARE PREGNANT too.No dude,YOU ain't gonna get fat,YOU ain't gonna have swollen feet and YOU ain't gonna give birth.
4-07-2011 @ 10:12PM
Lorbee said...It is SOO good to see I am not the only one cringing when I hear these weenies (male weenies bother me the most) say " "we're" pregnant." or "they're pregnant." Get REAL. She's pregnant. Not you, super dad.
4-07-2011 @ 11:06PM
Linda Klauschie said...Why does it bother you so much. I may have been the one blessed enough to go through the pregnancies and childbirth, but my husband was at my side through everything. He gave me massages, ran the bath for me, told me numerous times a day that I was beautiful (I'm not, but he still says it to this day), and was an active parent. Our six children are all adults now, but I would still say "we" were pregnant. I'm sorry if you didn't get the same love and support I got, but don't minimize what the good men do.
4-08-2011 @ 12:13AM
Jan said...I agree. I can't stand to hear "We're pregnant". My husband was just as loving and supportive as Linda's but it was ME who was pregnant, not him. He doesn't have a uterus so he is unable to get pregnant. Our daughter and our twins were conceived inside my body; my body nourished and sustained them and went through labour and delivery then breast fed them. Too bad men!
4-08-2011 @ 5:52AM
Bee said...Why do guys like making mountains out of mole hills.The fact is the woman got preganant and the husband was supportive all through ok.It takes 2 to tango!
4-07-2011 @ 4:22PM
md1j said...I don't think this couple is grateful for what they have at all. They had three children, through difficult pregnancies and wanted more than what the good lord was offering them. Maybe they should have simply been happy with what they had not with what they didn't have.
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