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Inconceivable, a medical mistake, the baby we couldn't keep, and our choice to deliver the ultimate gift, Carolyn and Sean Savage

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Inconceivable, a medical mistake, the baby we couldn't keep, and our choice to deliver the ultimate gift, Carolyn and Sean Savage

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Inconceivable

Oclc number

641532194

Responsibility statement

Carolyn and Sean Savage

Sub title

a medical mistake, the baby we couldn't keep, and our choice to deliver the ultimate gift

Summary

The in vitro fertilization mistake was simply stated: Carolyn Savage was pregnant with someone else's embryos. She and her husband Sean were forced to make a seemingly inconceivable choice: Either terminate the pregnancy, sue for custody, or deliver the baby--and relinquish it. The Savages decided to do what they would hope that another couple would do in a comparable situation. This is their story.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

The First Trimester. The call to character ; In the name of family ; Shaking off the shock ; Our cup runneth over ; Heartbeat ; One step forward, two steps back ; Keeping the secret ; Maybe, maybe not -- The Second Trimester. Charting a course ; An anxious introduction ; Sharing the hurt, feeling the love ; The elephant in the room ; Turning toward hope -- The Third Trimester. Reaching out ; Managing two pregnancies ; Facing fear ; The best way out is through ; Reaching toward joy ; A broken hallelujah -- The Fourth Trimester. Wrapped in love ; Good-bye and grief ; Ambiguous loss ; Godspeed ; A letter to Logan ; Inconceivable choices

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