Woman gives birth to another couple’s child after IVF mix-up | CNN
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A major Australian IVF clinic has apologized for giving the wrong embryo to a woman who then gave birth to another couple’s baby, blaming the mix-up on “human error.”
  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    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?

    • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      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.