A WOMAN who was left with a baby after the girl's surrogate parents abandoned her has been left devastated over the news that she will have to give the baby up.
The nanny, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been caring for the little girl since her birth last August but now a court is demanding she should be put up for adoption.
The Italian parents of the now 16-month-old girl travelled to Ukraine after she was born to a surrogate in 2020.
But for a reason still unknown, the new parents left the newborn in the nanny's care before returning to Italy.
The couple promised they would return to Ukraine as soon as possible however they never came back.
The nanny was left to care for the little girl and raised as like her own daughter.
It wasn't until she realised that her parents might not return that she contacted the Italian consulate to report that she could no longer afford to raise the girl.
The nanny was also worried about the legal repercussions if she did not let the authorities in Italy and Ukraine know.
The case ended up in the hands of the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office in Italy where they tracked down and contacted the missing parents.
It was reported that the couple confirmed they never intended on returning to Ukraine for their daughter.
Just last week the Service for International Police Cooperation (SCIP) coordinated with the Italian Consulate in Kyiv to organise for the girl to be taken to Italy and put up for adoption.
The nanny was reported to have been devastated and was "crying with her 17-year-old son" over the heartbreaking news.
She even handed over pictures for the new parents so that the little girl will see them when she is grown up.
The last recommendation from the nanny to the inspector who took the little girl back to Italy was: "She'll eat the banana, give her a whole one."
A team that included officials from the Italian Red Cross, a paediatrician named Carolina Casini and volunteer nurse Halina Landesberg travelled to Ukraine to fly the girl to Italy where she will be put up for adoption.
A Red Cross spokesperson told the court that the little girl was in "good condition" and that "the nanny who looked after her until yesterday loved her very much and took great care of her."
The girl is currently being cared for by a foster family while the adoption process gets underway.
It is unclear if the parents face prosecution for allegedly abandoning the girl in Ukraine.
Ukraine is among a handful of countries in which surrogacy is commercial and legal, with various agencies working with clinics to offer such services, in what has been labelled "rent-a-womb" tourism.
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