i was just reading an article where two mothers of no relation gave birth each to a daughter on the same day. ten months later they discover than they are not the biological parents of this child. they tracked down the other family and they are doing a DNA test as well. they are planning the swap the babies before the end of the year. i was just curious to know what you would do if put in this position
2007-10-10 19:16:13 · 12 answers · asked by crissy_d_4 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I would want joint custody of both children so I could bond with my biological child while maintaining a bond with the child I had been raising and the other family would get to do the same thing.
2007-10-10 19:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by momof3boys 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Switching babies after having bonded with them, I believe, would be a very difficult decision to make. However, I think that in the interest of all involved, the parents and babies, they should consider becoming friends and create a very close linked family-like bond so that each can have the benefit of bonding with and sharing in involvement with raising both children. In the long run, the children with grow to know who they are and were they come from as opposed to finding out later in life in a rather shocking way.
2007-10-10 21:30:55 · answer #2 · answered by vee_michelle 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'd keep the baby I had raised and bonded with. You can't undo such a bond. I'd ask to be in my biological child's life. I wouldn't want to rip that child out of it's whole life/environment - that would be devastating for the child. The children can then grow up with both their adoptive parents and their biological ones.
2007-10-11 02:32:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that this is a question that would really depend on the situation and I don't think you could answer it unless you were in that situation
It is all very well to say yeah I would do this and Yeah I would do that but If you were in that situation you might think differently!!!
I think too that it would be dependant on how old the children were the older they are the harder it would be.
I couldn't imagine what I would do or how I would feel if someone rang me and said that my son wasn't mine that he was switched at birth! I really don't think I would be able to switch it would be too hard.
DNA dosn't make a parent LOVE does
2007-10-10 21:04:09 · answer #4 · answered by bitsy_pixie 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
i'de swap back and sue the hospital. Having a baby myself i will not allow them to take my son away out of the room unless he needs medical attention without me. I am panicky about this issue!!
2007-10-11 01:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by zan25th 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had a baby that was swapped, I'd take the baby back in a heartbeat. That infant would be my flesh and blood.
No second thinking should be necessary at this point.
2007-10-10 19:21:10 · answer #6 · answered by Agent319.007 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
that would be the hardest decision i would have to make in my life.
But i think as a few people here, and the couples involved said, if the child was older then no, but at such a young age i would want my baby home, but also the couple to be involved in his/her life, (if they wanted too of course) and vice versa
2007-10-10 23:24:16 · answer #7 · answered by Humza 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would fight to keep the baby I took home from the Hospital. He's the one I bonded with. In the grand scheme of life, DNA is relatively meaningless.
2007-10-10 19:26:41 · answer #8 · answered by Faerie_Queene3 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This is a very difficult question.
Yes, I would swap. The swap would needed to be done a.s.a.p. the sooner the better.
2007-10-10 19:27:25 · answer #9 · answered by cooky 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There would be no question about it, I would swap back
2007-10-10 23:08:40 · answer #10 · answered by thedaddy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋