My clinic was just sued for covering up a mistake that killed embryos.

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In the news today is a story about the lab storing my last embryo (Ovation in Newport Beach, CA). There was a lab mistake, it killed the embryos, and they knowing implanted the “nonviable” embryos into 9 women. My heart is just breaking for those impacted.

We just had our son via IVF last August and were hoping to transfer our daughter next September. If it had been us, my son would never have a full biological sibling and we would probably not even have a chance at a second child. I really don’t know what to think. My doctor sang their praises and his success rate is amazing, but I don’t trust them to even store my embryos at this point. I suppose I need to call my doctor to discuss it. Maybe he is already working on a new lab and would be open to transferring my last embryo there. Oof. There are so many stressors with IVF, clinic incompetence and our confidence in them is not a stressor anyone needs to add to the list.

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I’ve been checking this page all day to see if anyone was going to post about this today! My husband and I were unfortunately one of the couples affected by this egregious error by Ovation in January (not one of the couples listed in the lawsuit, but plan to contact the lawyers handling this case now that I know this is happening). For months I’ve been so curious if anyone lurking on this page was also affected?? Feel free to message me if you are! I’ve felt so alone since this happened and have been emotional all day thinking about all of us out there who have been struggling in silence and the courageous couples who’ve come forward, especially the couple who decided to put their name out there!

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Offering Different perspective. Hit by Cooper recall October last year. 14 fertilized eggs affected over two cycles. Legal route isn't as clear as one would hope. Other affected couples will probably be years away from a settlement. So far Cooper has acknowledged the issue and SO FAR reimbursement has been financially adequate.

How do you put a price on priceless... For us its a mindset of keep moving forward and what's the best way to do so.

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What happened at Cooper?

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Nationwide recall on the media solution they create that CNY uses when fertilizing embryos. The exact dates escape me but it was something like sometime in October to sometime in November 2023.