A popular IVF clinic frequented by previous patients including kim kardashian, Chrissy Teigen and Paris Hilton Throw a couple’s precious embryos in the trash, and now they may not be able to have children… at least according to a new lawsuit.
Los Angeles-based reproductive clinic Reproductive Partners Medical Group sued Marissa Calhoun and Stephen Castaneda … Some ordinary people say the clinic ruined their dreams of having children.
In documents obtained by TMZ, the couple claims Marissa had her eggs retrieved, frozen and stored by RPMG in 2021 and 2022… but they say tragedy occurred in October 2023, when the IVF clinic committed a A huge mistake.
The couple claimed that in October 2023, on the advice of Dr. Stephen, they decided to use Stephen’s sperm to fertilize Marissa’s stored eggs. Andy Huang. By late October 2023, they said, RPMG told them the eggs had been fertilized and would be placed in an incubator to grow into viable embryos.
Good news, at least that’s what they think. Instead, the couple claims, just days later Dr. Huang called them to tell them that RPMG had discarded all their embryos, thereby destroying them.
In the lawsuit, the couple said they had to extract the teeth to get more information about what happened to the embryos… They say RPMG eventually admitted that one of its employees failed to label the embryos before placing them in the incubator… Unlabeled embryos were then removed from the incubator and “intentionally discarded.”
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The couple said they requested records from RPMG to help understand how this happened, but they said the clinic provided incomplete records on three occasions, which stopped before the embryos were discarded.
In the filing, the couple claimed the clinic failed to have policies, procedures and adequate training for staff to ensure that all embryos placed into the incubator were labeled and that any unlabeled embryos were handled appropriately.
Dr. Huang is highly regarded among Hollywood moms… and frequently appeared on Keeping Up with the Kardashians after helping Kim get pregnant with her second child. saint west.
The doctor also treated Kim’s sister, Khloe Kardashianshe welcomed her second child Tristan Thompson ——A man named Tatum —Through surrogacy.
However, the couple claims Dr. Huang’s clinic failed in their case … and now they may not be able to become biological parents. They are seeking damages from RMPG.
