that the hospital made a mistake, and this baby belongs to another family, and your baby lives in their family?
2007-12-07 22:30:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Personally, I would want to meet my own child and switch back. But , I really and truly would want for my family and the other family to remain close so that I could continue to watch the child I raised as my own for two years grow.
2007-12-08 01:45:17 · answer #1 · answered by Scooter_The_Squirrels_Wifey 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Both sets of parents would need to agree on how this was to be handled. I would prefer to have all the legalities taken care of (after finding out what they might be) and then make arrangements to get to know the birth child. A good solution would be for both parents to treat the babies as siblings so they could visit each other and get to know the other set of parents. The LAST think I'd want to do is get into some kind of legal wrangle that would drag out and affect the children.
2007-12-07 23:20:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
that happened in the news before.
i actually had this discussion with my maternity teacher.
Personally, I would keep the baby that I had all along, because of the bond we already formed.
But the law says that you can only keep the baby you gave birth to. So in the end, you're gonna have to do the exchange, whether or not you want to. My maternity teacher thought exchanging the baby thing was fair. Because down the line, you're going to start to wonder about your birth baby. And if you exchange your baby early enough, they would be too young to remember what happened.
But what a horrible mistake that a hospital can make. I hope I never have to experience one of those situations.
2007-12-07 22:44:40 · answer #3 · answered by Yen 2 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Although 2 years seems like a lifetime that child is owed the right to grow up with its birth parents. I think the best solution is to raise your biological child and still have a connection with the child that was given to you accidentally. If you don't then as the years go by the issue of did you do the right thing will always be there.
2007-12-08 03:41:10 · answer #4 · answered by Yuki 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if I'd sue the hospital or not, but I would raise the baby as my own, because for two years you bonded with that child, and it IS your child. The other child may be biologically yours, but they have bonded with the other family. You could maybe all become friends and see each other from time to time.
2007-12-08 02:16:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ideally I would try and work out an arrangement with the other family to keep both children in our lives.
You would naturally want to know the child that was born to you, but after 2 years of raising a child you have an unshakable bond that would cause devastation to the children and families if broken.
2007-12-07 23:01:57 · answer #6 · answered by ♥♥Mum to Superkids Baby on board♥♥ 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would be curious about the other baby and I would want to know that the other baby is getting taken care of, but I think at the point I would keep the baby that I had for the past two years.
2007-12-07 22:36:32 · answer #7 · answered by Pink 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I'd want to know about my biological baby, but I wouldn't want to give up the baby I have. Thank goodness my child had a very distinctive look and did look a lot like her father...there was no way she could have gotten switched once I saw her for the first time.
2007-12-07 23:19:28 · answer #8 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This would be such a difficult thing to go through, I think I would want both babies but the other family would never agree to that. I honestly don't know what I would do.
2007-12-08 00:04:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would exchange the babies, but also continue to see the baby you raised for two years.
2007-12-08 00:46:37 · answer #10 · answered by Rob 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋