A good Samaritan couple who donated their embryos to people on the other side of the country have sued the IVF clinic that bungled the implantation.<\/p>\n
A Victorian Supreme Court writ filed against Monash IVF by the donors claims they have suffered serious psychiatric injury as a result of the mix-up which caused a baby to be born from a mislabelled embryo.<\/p>\n
The West Australian couple, who have two children including one conceived using IVF, decided to donate four remaining embryos left over from their IVF process and looked for suitable couples online in September 2022, their statement of claim says.<\/p>\n
The intended recipient couple, hailing from Brisbane, undertook a joint counselling session with the donors organised by Monash IVF in January 2023 when the donors consented for their embryos to be used, the writ says.<\/p>\n
After Monash IVF agreed to transport, store, thaw and transfer the embryos to the recipients, the Brisbane couple had a child they believed to be biologically descended from the WA donors.<\/p>\n
However, things took a turn one year after the baby was born.<\/p>\n