A medical mistake during an IVF procedure.An unthinkable situation . . . you’re pregnant withthe wrong baby. You can terminate, but you can’tkeep him. What choice would you make?
Carolyn and Sean Savage had been trying toexpand their family for years. When theyunderwent an IVF transfer in February 2009,they knew it would be their last chance.If they became pregnant, they would celebratethe baby as an answer to their prayers. If not,they would be grateful for the family they hadand leave their fertility struggles behind forever.
They never imagined a third option. Thepregnancy test was positive, but the clinic hadtransferred the wrong embryos. Carolyn waspregnant with someone else’s baby.
The Savages faced a series of heartbreakingdecisions: terminate the pregnancy, sue forcustody, or hand over the infant to his geneticparents upon delivery. Knowing that Carolynwas carrying another couple’s hope for a baby,the Savages wanted to do what they prayed theother family would do for them if the situationwas reversed. Sean and Carolyn Savage decidedto give the ultimate gift, the gift of life, to afamily they didn’t know, no strings attached.
Inconceivable provides an inside look at howmodern medicine, which creates miracles daily,could allow such a tragic mistake, and the manylegal ramifications that ensued with both thegenetic family and the clinic. Chronicling theirtumultuous pregnancy and its aftermath, whichtested the Savage’s faith, their relationship to theirchurch, and their marriage, Inconceivable isultimately a testament to love. Carolyn and Sean loved this baby, making it impossible forthem to imagine how they could give him lifeand then give him away.
In the end, Inconceivable is a story of what itis to be a parent, someone who nurtures a life,protects a soul, only to release that child into theworld long before you’re ready to let him go.
