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Question

now I know that there are such things as babies being switched at birht but but it some times seems far facheted ..one how would any know if a baby had been switched as specialy if their from similair looking parents at what point would something like this be discovered and if it was you how would you handle it and how would you know.

Answer 1

they have so much technology these days, i just had a baby about 6 months ago, and the hospital i was at, was awesome. They checked our wrist bands everytime they gave us Sky.
The baby has one on her ankle and mother and the father have one on their wrists with matching numbers. Also a mother knows her baby from the moment it comes out.

I looked at everything the first time i saw Sky. I looked to see which one of us she looked like, I looked at her fingers and toes (to make sure they were all there), I looked into her eyes and made that connection.
You will know if it isnt your baby.

Answer 2

In the past identification on babies wasn't as important as it is today and recent years. A very busymaternityn ward where everything is happening in a hurry, two or three women birthing at once,ceasarians happening and being brought back to the ward, babies in nurseries not long after birth, you can see how it could happen.When I worked in maternity.one nurse was responsible for that baby from its birth until the end of the shift.In the menatime at birth, the baby was given wrist and ankle bracelets.yes these fall off,so a large peice of tape was placed lenthwise on the babies back and the surname written in thick texta.This was replaced if falling off, but usually came off in the bath at home.
I have heard all the "but wouldn't you recognise your own baby?" questions, but consider you have just had a ceasar, morphine is dripping into your veins, they wave a baby in front of you, overwhelmed you look at it, maybe even hold it,and then nod off to the morphine, the next time you see your baby,is in the ward,several hours later!! The dame can go for a really long exhausting labour.you have to trust that all the ID protocol has been followed. If you were really ,really in doubt for some reeason, a DNA test would prove one way or the other.Often photos are taken at birth of the newborn,esp if bub has gone to nursery,so it would be unlikely today.

Answer 3

Most hospitals now will put a matching hospital band on mom and baby as soon as the baby just after birth, in order to prevent such a thing from happening. A lot of them will put the same matching band on dad too :)

Answer 4

the hospital i had my son at used the matching wrist bands, but also he never left my side, he was always in my room with me. It was a great experience laboring, delivering, and recovering all in the same room with baby. If you or someone you know is pregnant, i would say find a hospital that does this.

Answer 5

It must be almost impossible to have babies swapped at birth dosnt it????

I remembered exactly what my daughter looked like from the minute I saw her... I would have seen straight away that I had the wrong baby lyind beside me if my baby was swapped around....

But then I never let my daughter out of my sight so swapping was impossible...

Answer 6

some people could find out, blood type??? If both of your parents are A and you are AB (type blood) than obviously someone messed up at the hospital

Answer 7

tiffanys right, before baby leaves on his little cart he/she gets the bands