you discovered your wonderful one-year-old child is, because of a mixup at the hospital, not yours. Would you want to exchange the child to try to correct the mistake?
2007-07-02 04:10:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
babies have tags on both their ankles that match tags on both moms wrists and babies stay with their moms at all times, and for this reason that scenario wouldnt actually happen.
also , as a mum , i know how much a mother studies the face of her new born baby and i think it a little sad that there may be a mom who did not recognise a baby and mistake it for her own when it isnt!
to actually answer your question , i think no
i would probably try for a system that would allow me to have access to my natural child's life without actually being its mom and keep hold of the child i have loved and raised and see as my own.
2007-07-02 06:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first thought would be to exchange the child, because the baby that you made is with another family, same for them. But on the other hand you've sent time with this child and might not wont to give up a child that you have raised. But, as some people say everything happens for a reason! Im not really all that positie as to what i would do unless this happened to me.
2007-07-02 04:17:45 · answer #2 · answered by you is pretty flyyy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to relinquish the child that was not mine and have my child returned to me. At 1 year of age...all though....traumatic for the child, they are still young and can bounce back from such a tragedy better than an older child. If it got dragged out in a court case, the child could be in school before it is all settled and then if child were forced to be switched, it would do irreparable harm to them.
2007-07-02 05:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by Grandma of 2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would keep the child that I raised for a year. After all, he's got 99.9% of the same DNA. A child's real parents are the ones that raised him, not the ones that concieved him.
Then I would gather up all the medical information on my family that I could and supply it to my biological kid's family. He'd need that for the future.
2007-07-02 04:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by Liz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would meet with the other parents and discuss this at length with them, and decide what is best for the child(ren). i would want to maintain contact with both children if possible! and do my best to support which ever child i ended up not having! but that is a very hard question to answer! i would also sue the hospital!
2007-07-02 04:20:42 · answer #5 · answered by hhutchie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't know. By that point, he/she knows you as the loving, wonderful parent. I'd get with the hospital to try to find whose baby you really have (because they most likely have yours) and discuss it with the biological parents. There are probably some legal ramifications to be dealt with. The hospital deserves to be sued, that's for sure. God, this is so hard!
2007-07-02 05:26:11 · answer #6 · answered by Heidi W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh my god what a horrible situation!!? well...... a year bonding with 'your' child is the best year!! its a hard one.... as to think in the future 'what if?' is my real child safe? well? and maybe the other parents will want to have there baby back? if so then, yes, as you can hopefully come to some kind of arrangement with the other parents, in finding out what that year intold for your 'real' child and to keep in contact with your child?! good i hope you can get through this dont go with your heart, go with your head. think of what is sensible for the future of the children, they will find out and may want to find you. then you will have to explain why you choose that decision? good luck x
2007-07-02 09:01:18 · answer #7 · answered by MoonBeamBaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would probably have formed an attatchement after 1 year. i suppose it would depend on things such as the laws in the country it occured in, the other parents view on the matter, i would probably want my biological child back, whilst retaining contact with the child I had brought up for a year.
2007-07-02 04:16:25 · answer #8 · answered by Vickie H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well my good friends, i think the best to do is to accept whatever comes up. because you don't know why it happened like that. God has reasons for everything that happens. so i wouldn't exchange the child to try any fonney thing.
chichim
2007-07-02 04:44:40 · answer #9 · answered by chichim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perish the thought!
You would want your own flesh and blood - and so would the other parents.It might lead to a wonderful lifelong friendship - but would you tell the children once they were old enough?
Best wishes,
Joan.
2007-07-02 04:21:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋