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Switched babies at Abbott Northwestern

Suz+MoSuz+Mo member
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Did you guys see this story about the switched baby at Abbott northwestern?? Crazy!

 

 https://kstp.com/article/stories/S2858344.shtml?cat=7

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  • mbgreenwaltmbgreenwalt member

    Crazy! That would be an upsetting situation for everyone. 

    I like that Regions uses the "Hugs and Kisses" bracelets to prevent switched babies and child abduction. 

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  • ladygeek83ladygeek83 member
    Crazy! That is one benefit of a "rooming in" policy, like the one at the hospital at which I delivered. Baby was born in our hospital room, and never left the sight of at least one of us until we were discharged.
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  • brooke&ryan&babybrooke&ryan&baby member
    I had several dreams about my baby getting switched at the hospital throughout my pregnancy so this double freaked me out! Indifferent
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  • MesmrEweMesmrEwe member

    I guess my take on this is though yes, this was a one-time freak accident (and also like the Hugs & Kisses system from Regions where an alarm will sound if the wrong baby is presented to the Mom), the nurse involved needs to have some consequences because the Mom in this case, when she said "this doesn't look like my baby" was completely discounted as though she was just tired...  To me that doesn't sit well because what else is that nurse downplaying for patients. 

    Then again, what is it with PP nurses?!?!? 

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  • jennikarlejennikarle member
    This happend the day I was getting my tour at Abbot! It's definitely not a comforting thing to hear your hospital made such a big screw up weeks before your birth..but I imagine after such a situation that they are on high alert to make sure it doesn't happen again. So there's that. There's also the comfort of knowing that with the ankle bracelets there is no way the babies could leave the hospital with the wrong parents. 
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