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Woman gives birth to another couple’s child after IVF mix-up (www.cnn.com)
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cross-posted from: https://narwhal.city/posts/361156

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/australia/australia-ivf-mix-up-intl-hnk/index.html

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure that's her kid regardless if she wants it. She did the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know how genetics works in this case, but does the baby inherit anything from the surrogate mother, given she was basically sharing her body with it for 9 months?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Only thing that I can think of is antibodies. Otherwise, no. There is nothing genetically shared. The only other thing that could be said is that there's evidence that trauma and stress in the mother can be expressed to the child in-utero. Meaning if the carrying mother experiences a traumatic event, it may impact the child physically and genetically. This is hardly inherited genetics though.