Dan Gaut: Inside the FULL crazy story of the Aussie tradie and his tug-of-love baby mama Liv Pavlov in the US – as they reveal shock new details of their whirlwind affair and snap back at cruel trolls

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The American mother of a girl in the middle of an international love battle with the child’s Australian trad father has lifted the lid on their whirlwind romance.

Liv Pavlov gave birth to daughter Ana six weeks ago in the US after she and Sydney carpenter Dan Gaut decided to have a child together just ten days after they first met.

But Gaut has since flown home alone, amid claims of a bitter child custody dispute.

Now Ms Pavlov, 31, has spoken out to Daily Mail Australia to give her side of the story – and slam the heartless trolls who claim she is scamming money through an online appeal.

She first met Mr Gaut at a spiritual retreat in San Francisco in early 2023, and the couple decided to try for a child within days of meeting before subsequently flying to Australia.

Ms. Pavlov — a life coach, Reiki master and tantric healer based in Austin, Texas — said they felt “spiritually called to create a baby together.”

And she insists that it was only from then on that their affair became physical.

“I would say our relationship started on June 10, when we conceived Ana Rose,” Pavlov explains. ‘It (the conception) was spiritual and practical.

“I remember Dan asking me afterwards if I thought ‘it’ worked,” she added.

Within weeks of becoming pregnant, Ms Pavlov returned to the US, rekindled a relationship with an old flame and planned to put her unborn child up for adoption, 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 an option when the couple could not agree on the future of their unborn child.

“A friend of mine had had a miscarriage and she wanted nothing more than to be a mother,” Ms. Pavlov said.

‘At the time, we couldn’t agree on how to effectively raise her once she arrived, so I suggested that giving her to a loving family might be a better option.

“No formal investigation was made with adoption agencies, and we never entered into an agreement that he would have sole rights.”

Mr Gaut told Daily Mail Australia the past 10 months have been a rollercoaster of extreme highs and devastating lows.

“Despite everything that has happened, Ana is the innocent one in all of this and just wants to be loved,” he said.

“And I believe Liv really loves Ana. How can you not?’

Last month he traveled to Texas to meet his daughter with plans to take her to Australia to raise her himself, but that dream was shattered.

“I’ve just come to terms with the fact that if I want to play a meaningful role in my daughter’s life, I’m probably going to have to move to a place I don’t necessarily want to be and give up my dreams of where Ana will grow up. beautiful Australia with her cousins,” he added.

Mrs Pavlov insists she still wants Gaut to be a big part of Ana’s life and the couple will share custody of their daughter in both the US and Australia.

“This girl is so loved by both her parents and they both want to be in her life,” she says.

“I see a future where she spends time with both parents in the US and Australia.”

The couple have now sought legal advice in the US and have a mediation scheduled for the coming weeks.

‘I’m super grateful for my amazing support team, who organized everything, including fundraising, airfare, accommodation, transport and even legal fees and documentation.’ said Mr. Gaut.

Since the story broke, the newborn’s parents have been criticized online after they all launched GoFundMe campaigns to support themselves while raising baby Ana.

“This is all starting to sound a bit dodgy!” said one skeptic online.

“Who are planning to get pregnant after spending so little time together and there are a lot of single parents who work and don’t set up GoFundMe pages!”

‘Both of us stand on our own two feet. Shocked at the audacity to seek GoFundMe,” another added.

“So the previous GoFundMe for attorneys’ fees actually provided him with a five-week vacation and future vacations, hers for vacation rentals and food?” another added.

But Ms Pavlov has defended their case for cash.

“I hope we all learn to ask for help when we need it,” she said.

‘I would also say that this is the beauty of the way the world is changing. Anyone who has the means to share can do it.” she says.

“I have donated hundreds of dollars in extra clothes, diapers, etc. that I have received and I know Dan has too. ‘