An I.V.F. Mix-Up, a Shocking Discovery and an Unbearable Choice

In the days after Daphna Cardinale delivered her second child, she experienced a rare sense of calm and wonder. The feeling was a relief after so much worrying: She and her husband, Alexander, had tried for three years to conceive before turning to in vitro fertilization, and Daphna, once pregnant, had frequent and painful early contractions.But now, miraculously, here was their baby, their perfect baby, May, with black hair plastered on her head. (May is a nickname that her parents requested to protect her privacy.)

SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/magazine/ivf-clinic-mixup.html