A woman in America who unknowingly carried and delivered a baby boy who was not biologically hers is launching legal proceedings against an IVF clinic over the mix-up, after being forced to give up custody of the child to the child’s biological parents.

Krystena Murray, from the state of Georgia, became pregnant after IVF treatment at the Coastal Fertility clinic in May 2023.

But it became clear that the embryo she had been carrying in fact belonged to another couple – after Ms Murray gave birth to a boy who was of a different ethnicity to both her and the sperm donor she had chosen.

Despite the error, Ms Murray wanted to keep the child, and raised the baby for several months until the biological parents were granted custody.

In a statement released through her lawyer, Ms Murray said: “To carry a baby, fall in love with him, deliver him, and build the uniquely special bond between mother and baby, all to have him taken away. I’ll never fully recover from this.”