Dan Gaut: Inside the FULL crazy story of the Aussie tradie and his tug-of-love ... trends now
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The American mother of a baby girl at the centre of an international tug of love row with the child's Australian tradie dad has lifted the lid on their whirlwind romance.
Liv Pavlov gave birth to daughter Ana in the US six weeks ago after she and Sydney carpenter Dan Gaut decided to have child together just 10 days after they first met.
But Mr Gaut has since flown home alone amid claims of a bitter custody dispute over the child.
Now Ms Pavlov, 31, has spoken out to Daily Mail Australia to give her side of the story - and slam heartless trolls who claim she is scamming cash through an online appeal.
She first met Mr Gaut at a spiritual retreat in San Francisco in early 2023, and the pair decided to try for a child within days of meeting before she then flew to Australia.
Ms Pavlov - a life coach, reiki master and tantric healer based in Austin, Texas - said they felt they were 'spiritually called to create a baby together'.
And she insists their affair only became physical from that moment on.
'I would say our relationship began on June 10, that was when we conceived Ana Rose,' Ms Pavlov explained. 'It (the conception) was spiritual and practical.
'Afterwards I remember Dan asking me if I thought 'it' worked,' she added.
Dan Gaut travelled to Austin, Texas , to meet newborn Ana Rose but bringing her back to Australia did not go as planned. He is pictured with Ms Pavlov and Ana
Mr Gaut met Liv Pavlov at a retreat in San Francisco before they were spiritually called to make a baby together
Within weeks of falling pregnant, Ms Pavlov returned to the US, rekindled a relationship with an old flame, and planned to put her unborn child up for adoption, Mr Gaut told A Current Affair last month.
'I will do whatever it takes so I can be the father and shower her with love,' he insisted.
But Ms Pavlov insists she and Mr Gaut were never in love but only briefly raised adoption as option when the pair could not agree on their unborn child's future.
'A friend of mine had miscarried and she wanted nothing more than to be a mother,' said Ms Pavlov.
'At the time we were not on the same page on how to effectively raise her once she arrived, so I suggested maybe giving her to a loving family would be a better option.
'There were no formal enquiries with adoption agencies - and we never made an
