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newmommy74newmommy74
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I am curious, how would some of you Mom's feel if this happened to you?

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/two-mothers-given-wrong-babies-to-breastfeed-in-hospital-mix-up/comments-fn7x8me2-1226096685810

I cannot believe that the Mother's did not realize that it wasn't their own baby, nor can I understand that it was a relative that pointed it out! I do however feel sorry for the Mother's to lose that precious bonding times with their newborns but I can also understand that it was just human error too. Tough on all involved I am sure!

collage Cooper Flynn is 3 years old and growing! May 10,2009 Miscarriage April 2008 Ectopic pregnancy August 2011
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  • Seattle_JiLLnSeattle_JiLLn

    Well at least it was caught before they left the hospital!   I'm sure it will all be fine and there won't be any lasting problems for anyone.  But with post partum hormones and all, I'd be freaking out and livid.   

    Do they take the babies away from you for a while there?   Ben was never out of our sight.  And Cooper only was because we went home at night and left him in the NICU.   But he had a private room.  He couldn't get mixed up. 

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  • doublemdoublem
    Wow - I'd be upset with myself as a mother for not recognizing the mixup, and with the hospital for not being more careful.  After E was born, I felt like someone was in our room every single hour checking to make sure both of our bracelets AND her leg band AND her bassinet matched, even though she was in my room the entire time.  How sad.  However, if I'd had a c-section and hadn't seen her immediately, combined with sleep-deprivation, so many visitors, and medication, I can imagine it happening if someone wasn't checking for me.  I'm glad it all was worked out.
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  • newmommy74newmommy74
    imageSeattle_JiLLn:

    Do they take the babies away from you for a while there?   Ben was never out of our sight. 

    Yes most hospitals here in Australia take the babies back into the nursery for the first night to give the new Mom's a rest! The average hospital stay is 3-5 days here too so who knows what could happen in that time!

    And as you said Jill, lucky it was all sorted before they went home!

    collage Cooper Flynn is 3 years old and growing! May 10,2009 Miscarriage April 2008 Ectopic pregnancy August 2011
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  • mrssmith717mrssmith717

    This happened to my friend's mom in the 80's.  She was so sleep deprived she almost started nursing the other baby but then said, wait a minute, where did this birthmark come from?!  

    That is crazy that it went that long, though! 8 hours, breastfeeding, and playing?! The babies must've looked very similar. :)

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