A couple whose fertility clinic gave their last embryo to another woman said they may spend their compensation payout on another round of IVF.

But the couple, identified only as Deborah and Paul, said they turned down the offer of another free cycle of treatment from their NHS trust because they lost faith in its staff and its procedures after the blunder.

They said they will wait two years before embarking on more treatment because they are not "emotionally ready" after the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust implanted their last embryo into the wrong woman.

The trust has apologised after admitting liability for gross failures in care and has paid the couple an undisclosed sum.

The couple, from Bridgend, were hoping to try for a second baby with their last surviving embryo in December 2007 when they were told of the error.

The recipient - who doesn't want to be identified - chose to take an abortion pill before the embryo was allowed to implant into her womb.

Describing the moment when the news was broken to them about the mistake, Deborah said: "We felt absolutely devastated. Both of us got very tearful.

"We just wanted to get out of there. The actual mention of the termination part of it really upsets us because we tend to think of the embryo as the little boy that we have got because he was from the first batch of embryos."

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