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Carolyn Savage, who had the wrong embryo implanted by a fertility clinic, has given birth to a healthy boy. Her and husband Sean offered their “heartfelt congratulations” Friday night to the infant’s biological parents, Shannon and Paul Morell.

The Savage family did what many might not; they chose to carry the baby to term and gave him to his biological parents to raise. She and her husband never considered aborting the pregnancy or retaining parental rights to the child. They learned in February that she was carrying the child of Shannon and Paul Morell, who live in Sterling Heights, Mich.

“I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much in my life. It was such a nightmare and, in a way, I felt violated,” Carolyn said.

Paul and Shannon Morell, said in a statement yesterday that they will be “eternally grateful” to 40-year-old Carolyn Savage for her decision to give birth to their child despite the clinic’s mistake.

“It’s been a long, difficult journey, and we’re thrilled that our family is now complete,” the Morells said in the statement.

The Savage family says a fertility clinic outside Ohio transferred the wrong frozen embryo in February. Ten days later, they got a call from a doctor at the clinic saying she was pregnant with someone else’s child.

The clinic’s identity has not been confirmed by any involved, including its attorney Paul J. Manion, who works out of Detroit. In a statement today, he wrote: “This has never happened to this medical practice before, and they are working day and night so that it will never happen again.”

The couple’s lawyers have said they were working to make sure the IVF clinic “will accept full responsibility for the consequences of their misconduct.”