Kathryn Quilty said outside the High Court that, despite the damage caused to herself and Kurtis, she still had not received an apology.
However, she added, it was "absolutely fabulous" to be at the end of the ordeal and at least now she could start a new life with nine-year-old Kurtis.
She thanked the lawyers and all her friends who had supported her throughout the protracted legal proceedings.
Ms Quilty said it was a long-drawn-out process for her and her family. An apology would have meant much to her if she received one, as she had gone through a distressing time and "an awful lot of damage has been done", she added.
She described the past decade as "absolutely awful" and she had hit "rock bottom". She could not describe what she had gone through, but said had she not "returned from the brink" she would be dead.
She said she now wanted to have her son, who was in a wheelchair, back living with her. She wanted a house for him and she hoped to pass her driving test and take him on little holidays and have him in his own home. Her son was gorgeous, she added, and a happy little boy. "He is my life and always will be."
Ms Quilty's solicitor, Michael Boylan, said in his 20 years' experience of this type of case he had never come across one as "hard fought". It was particularly unusual in that the defendants admitted they were negligent and then fought it for 14 days.
He said they were unfortunate in that the health board concerned no longer existed, as it had been subsumed into the Health Service Executive. He did not think there was anybody at health board level directing the legal defence and that was part of the problem.
"We are now nine years on and nobody has ever said sorry to Kathy, which is extraordinary given what has happened to her," added Mr Boylan. "Can you imagine at 19 years of age having your womb unnecessarily removed and at the same time, through admitted negligence, you have been given a child with cerebral palsy?
"It was just an unimaginable horror that happened to her and there are lessons to be learned."