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That really sucks. I just hope that the mother will tell the kid that he/she is a miracle and how blessed/thankful she is that he/she came into the world even tho it was extremely unexpected! I think if the mother can explain this the right way, that she sued mainly to get financial help or something, then hopefully the child won't take it the wrong way!

I see no problem with the suit. This was not a case where the doctor acted reasonably and she was just one of the rare ones who get pregnant anyways. The doctor made a HUGE mistake. Like, a "we learn in kindergarden that the LEFT hand makes an L with the thumb and pointer finger" type mistake. And there are serious financial ramifications resulting from his huge, obvious, don't-need-a-medical-degree-to-tell-left-from-right mistake. This is what malpractice insurance is for. I get that doctors are human, but when they make big stupid obvious mistakes, their patient deserves to be compensated.

@Mae: This.

At the end of the day, it's a medical malpractice lawsuit, just phrased differently.

@Mae: Agree 100%.

I haven't looked into it, but cases like this are often between insurance companies (the family's healthcare insurer vs. the doctor's malpractice insurer).

@Mae: Agreed. Seems like the doctor made a mistake and they love that little girl but were not planning on having any more children because of sickle cell anemia.

@MamaMoose: +1! I think she has a valid case in her situation. The Dr clearly made a medical error.

I haven't had a procedure like that done, but for that and the same when men get snipped, even if all goes 100% correctly isn't there still some super small chance that a pregnancy can still happen? And as a result you have to sign something saying you understand the risk?

In her case she at least seems to have a malpractice lawsuit since he didn't correctly perform the surgery correctly, but I'd bet there was some sort of consent form she signed that would make it hard for her to win daycare costs. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out!

@Boogs: Yea I think the fact that the doctor made a huge clear error that clearly led to the pregnancy negates any assumption of risk she signed. Otherwise it would be like signing an assumption of risk to go skydiving and when it's time to jump the company gives you a backpack full of rocks rather than a backpack full of parachute. Yes skydiving is dangerous, but when there is gross negligence I would think (hope) it would override.