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Post by psoccer on Jul 3, 2015 20:37:20 GMT
I never worried about it but I was briefly switched at birth. It was back in the sixties and the hospital where my mom was at had the moms in one big room. My mom said it was fun. Anyway, the nurses would bring the babies into the moms. My mom didn't get a baby so she asked where here were so they brought her a boy. I'm a girl. It got all straightened out but that's my story.
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Post by snugglebutter on Jul 3, 2015 21:14:05 GMT
I was slightly worried before my oldest was born - but that was mostly the "parenting after child loss" anxiety talking. I really didn't want her out of my sight at all.
She was born with strawberry blond hair and REALLY stood out in the baby lineup down in the nursery. (they had rooming in, except for once in the morning to do doctor exams - I got impatient and walked down to get a peek)
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Post by milocat on Jul 4, 2015 1:38:30 GMT
Never crossed my mind but they never left the room I was in. We went from my L&D room down the hall to the maternity side, same floor. For the next 2-3 days they were in the room with me. I went with them to the room where they had their first bath and when they took them for some tests. This was in 2001 & 03.
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Post by Skypea on Jul 4, 2015 1:47:30 GMT
yes, I thought about it a lot growing up. I'm sure I was really born into the Kennedy family.
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Post by icedcoffee14 on Jul 4, 2015 2:00:41 GMT
Not worried at all. With my daughter the hospital we used was a stay in room one. The baby never left the room and all medical checks were done in my room. It's one of the many things I loved about that hospital. Using it again in November.
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Post by gryroagain on Jul 4, 2015 2:09:13 GMT
I never even thought of it. Both spent some time in the nursery, but my oldest had a weird cone head and was my spitting image even as a new born, and my youngest was premature, red, and had hair all over her body. No mistaking them probably. Both would be immediately given back if anyone else got them- love those girls, but cute newborns I did NOT have!
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Post by my3freaks on Jul 4, 2015 2:40:42 GMT
My son was the only boy born at the hospital while we're there, I knew there was no chance of messing that one up. This was how it was when our first was born. He was born Jan 5th, and he was the first boy born there that year, so that was one thing I didn't have to worry about. My daughter was a little tank, and had the funniest little bit of hair, on her ears of all places. We joked that they looked like little saw blades, it was so cute though! I'm sure she's glad she doesn't still have that unique feature.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 4, 2015 3:36:48 GMT
Nope, didn't worry about that for a second because they banded her immediately after birth and DH watched the whole thing. Since I had a C-section, he went with her to the nursery to get cleaned up and footprints done and he took pics the whole time ( DH!). When she was born she looked exactly like me and she still does, especially when she's mad.
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Post by fotos4u2 on Jul 4, 2015 4:13:05 GMT
Never really worried about it with any of mine although the only one that spent a ton of time away from me was the oldest. She was the only full term baby in with the preemies because of my blood pressure issues. The hospital all three of my kids were born in encouraged rooming in so most babies were with their mommies and less likely to get mixed up.
My older two are the spitting image of eachother (although they are different genders) and look a lot like me while the youngest is the spitting image of their dad so guess they weren't switched!
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Post by panda on Jul 4, 2015 4:44:52 GMT
This is funny because I always accused my mom of having an affair with the mailman! I am #3 of six in a line of tall, thin, blonde, blue eyed Swedish looking siblings. (4 girls, 2 boys) I wish I could find a pic to post but we don't really have any from our childhood. I am the shortest at 5'7", have crazy naturally curly brown hair that I've straightened within an inch of it's life my whole life, have a figure like a brick with feet poking out at the bottom, and have heterochromia. (one blue eye, one that is primarily hazel.) My parents never fessed up to any funny business and are now both gone, but I will always wonder... This reminds me of my dad. He has five brothers and sisters. One girl has thick, black hair and olive skin tone. The other five are all lake redheads. The odd girl out, however, looks just like my grandmother (her mother) so we know she wasn't switched at birth.
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Post by tincin on Jul 4, 2015 5:09:49 GMT
Patter, how did you tell them apart? I remember a friend had little thread bracelets in different colours for her identical twins. She used to panic that the girl called Cara at birth was actually the one called Beth now, and that, when they got passports, they allocated the wrong birth certificates. She used to lie awake at night fretting about such things. As soon as they were born, they were labeled Baby A, B, and C. Then they moved them to the NICU. I had "kind of" already named each baby by "personality" before they were born. So, after I had them, they took me through the NICU, and we gave each baby their name that was put on the isolet. Then when it was time to take them home, we put yarn on each baby's wrist. We used those colors for them for years, and the yarn for about 6 months. The yarn was great because it could get wet when we bathed them, and as they grew it was easy to cut off and tie on a new piece. Worked great, and I am certain my girls were never mixed up. I have a friend that also had identical triplets, and I am certain she mixed up her girls. We even talked about it, and she was not concerned at all. I haven't seen them in years but it always bothered me for her! My cousin had identical twins, she used nail polish on their big toe. It worked great till one of her babysitters removed it. She was pretty laid back about the whole thing though. She just painted it back on and decided that it didn't matter which one was Tim and which one was Tom. Her theory was that they were too young to know their names and a name is just a name. It has never been an issue for them I gather.
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Post by Belia on Jul 4, 2015 5:13:44 GMT
I never gave it a thought.... until now! Hmmmmm.....
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Post by tincin on Jul 4, 2015 5:19:26 GMT
This is funny because I always accused my mom of having an affair with the mailman! I am #3 of six in a line of tall, thin, blonde, blue eyed Swedish looking siblings. (4 girls, 2 boys) I wish I could find a pic to post but we don't really have any from our childhood. I am the shortest at 5'7", have crazy naturally curly brown hair that I've straightened within an inch of it's life my whole life, have a figure like a brick with feet poking out at the bottom, and have heterochromia. (one blue eye, one that is primarily hazel.) My parents never fessed up to any funny business and are now both gone, but I will always wonder... This reminds me of my dad. He has five brothers and sisters. One girl has thick, black hair and olive skin tone. The other five are all lake redheads. The odd girl out, however, looks just like my grandmother (her mother) so we know she wasn't switched at birth. My youngest brother, #9, is the only left-handed blonde in the family. The other 8 of us are all right-handed brunettes. Yup, we told him all the time growing up that he was the milkman's kid.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 6:24:53 GMT
I not only think I was switched but that I have a twin. I remember sneaking into the bathroom so I could talk to her through the mirror. I had to be very very quiet so nobody could hear me. I did this for a very long time until i got caught. I remember getting extra sneaky after that.
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Post by darkangel090260 on Jul 4, 2015 8:16:55 GMT
With dd there was no chance she could have been mixed up, she looked just like me when i was a baby.
Now M on the other hand there are some days, I think he may have been mixed up. he is blond hair , green eye and fair skin. I am brown hair, brown/gold eyes and olive skin , dh is brown hair, hazel eye and olive skin. He does not really look like us. But he was in NICU and was 9 lbs. so hard to mix him up. i did not get to see him for 12 hours
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Post by scrapaddie on Jul 4, 2015 9:31:30 GMT
For good reason, I worried about her being born healthy and alive. I held her after she was born.... I never worried about her being switched.
I am pretty laid back... don't worry near as much as some of the peas seem to
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Post by Heart on Jul 4, 2015 12:53:20 GMT
It absolutely wasn't ever a concern for me, but I *DID* make a joke about it when my son was born. My DH is a red head and comes from a family of redheads. I have brown hair with a lot of auburn in it, so we both assumed our kid would have red hair. My DS was born with the lightest, fairest, palest and thinnest blonde hair ever. I took one look and said "that kid's not mine! Put it back!" Of course it has become a big family joke.
My DD was HUGE and had BRIGHT RED hair (almost scarlet) - and a LOT of it. She also had a big strawberry/stork bite on her back. There was no way anyone else was getting her.
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Post by pierkiss on Jul 4, 2015 13:45:19 GMT
Not really. The hospital I delivered all mine at had really tight security measures. And they were so careful and strict about those bracelets matching. I had c-sections with all of mine bWith my daughter I got a really good look at her before they took her to the nursery. After they did her check a nurse wrapped her up and say next to me and let me stare at her until I gave the ok to have her sent to the nursery. She had red hair. She was easy to recognize. That and I made my husband follow her around the hospital with strict instructions not to let her out of his sight.
Same thing with my boys. My oldest son was known around the maternity ward as "the guzzler". Everyone was amazed at how fast he gulped his milk! My other son made this high pitched squeaky sound every time he ate! It was hilarious!
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Post by melanell on Jul 4, 2015 15:25:29 GMT
As soon as they were born, they were labeled Baby A, B, and C. Then they moved them to the NICU. I had "kind of" already named each baby by "personality" before they were born. So, after I had them, they took me through the NICU, and we gave each baby their name that was put on the isolet. Then when it was time to take them home, we put yarn on each baby's wrist. We used those colors for them for years, and the yarn for about 6 months. The yarn was great because it could get wet when we bathed them, and as they grew it was easy to cut off and tie on a new piece. Worked great, and I am certain my girls were never mixed up. I have a friend that also had identical triplets, and I am certain she mixed up her girls. We even talked about it, and she was not concerned at all. I haven't seen them in years but it always bothered me for her! My cousin had identical twins, she used nail polish on their big toe. It worked great till one of her babysitters removed it. She was pretty laid back about the whole thing though. She just painted it back on and decided that it didn't matter which one was Tim and which one was Tom. Her theory was that they were too young to know their names and a name is just a name. It has never been an issue for them I gather. I think with 2 healthy twins, a switch very early on likely wouldn't really make an enormous difference in their lives. Their baby photos might not all really be theirs, but otherwise, it would probably be okay. But if there were any medical issues, then it would be very important to always know who was who.
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Jul 4, 2015 15:53:55 GMT
No I never worried about that.
But I was so sleep deprived, I woke up and my baby was gone! I panicked obviously and called the nurses frantic. I guess I had talked to them while I was sleeping and okayed for them to take him for a shot or bloodwork, I had no memory of talking to them at all and approving. Scary!
Our hospitals hardly ever have the babies in the nursery in the maternity ward.
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 7, 2015 23:01:05 GMT
No, I didn't worry about it. They did bring the wrong baby to me to nurse once, but I knew he wasn't mine! The mix-up was because both babies were named Matt and our last names were the same except for the first letter. Ours is M, theirs is N. THAT was weird. That would have upset me. Did your baby also go to the wrong mom? I don't think so, but it is possible. Her baby had a lot of dark hair, mine was pretty much bald, so it was obvious to me.
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Post by peabay on Jul 7, 2015 23:02:33 GMT
It never even occurred to me, but my dad was visiting me and a nurse came in to take my oldest to get her picture taken and my dad ran down the hall after her, screaming: "show me your ID! SHOW ME YOUR ID!" - he was sure she was stealing her. She wasn't.
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Post by scrapmaven on Jul 7, 2015 23:19:45 GMT
Confession time: The first time I walked into the NICU to be w/my baby I couldn't tell btwn 2 babies which was mine. I didn't want to seem like a horrible mother, so I just stood there trying to look nonchalant. The kind, grandmotherly nurse knew I didn't recognize my baby and told me it happens all the time. So, she pointed out my baby. I had it narrowed down to 2. That kid is absolutely mine. We have the same hair, eyes and penchant for sarcasm.
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jul 7, 2015 23:40:56 GMT
No I really didn't worry about it when I had my first baby. but when I had my son 17 months later I didn't worry until his dad was holding him and walked out into the hall and a few minutes late he walked back in with my 17 month old daughter. the first second I thought I was losing it. Couldn't figure out how she got in daddy's arms. then grandma walked in the room carrying my son. after that I looked him over real good because nobody else was going to freak me out like that again.
When my old daughter was born she was born on a night that only had 2 other babies in the hospital born. The next day was the 1st day of March and it snowed 7 inches over night. I remember the nurse coming in and telling me that she was going to take the baby to the nursery I told her only if she took me too. She said lets go. So I got out of bed and walked to the nursery with her carrying my baby. The nursery had big windows over looking Portland it was beautiful and you could she the snow falling. There was only 3 babies in the nursery and one was mine. It was late at night and the nurse did what she needed to do with my baby and I sat there and rocked her in the nursery and looked out at the snow. The next morning we went home. in 9 inches of snow.
My son was born in the middle of August. not sure how many babies were born that night but I do remember laying him on the bed unwrapping him and taking off everything and taking a picture of him. I wanted to make sure I knew which baby was mine. They were born in the same hospital.
Youngest daughter was born 3 months early and I barely saw her before she was put in the incubator and rushed away. It was hours later before I saw her. but I know she is my kid 4 three reasons. she looks just like me. we did paternity when she was 18 months. Her dad only has one baby and she is her. She is so much like me it is unreal. My husband used to call us Carbon and copy.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 8, 2015 0:09:18 GMT
For good reason, I worried about her being born healthy and alive. I held her after she was born.... I never worried about her being switched. I am pretty laid back... don't worry near as much as some of the peas seem to Same for me, I never even thought about it.
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Post by maryland on Jul 8, 2015 0:23:11 GMT
I joke that I could never be a nurse in the maternity ward. To me, most babies look alike and unless they had a lot of hair or something like that, I couldn't tell one from another! When my kids were born, everyone said they looked exactly like me. I figured they were just being nice because I never think a baby looks like a parent until they get older. And then, one day I may say they look like dad, the next like mom.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 8, 2015 12:40:32 GMT
That would have upset me. Did your baby also go to the wrong mom? I don't think so, but it is possible. Her baby had a lot of dark hair, mine was pretty much bald, so it was obvious to me. Well, I'm glad that it probably did not, and even on the slight chance that if it had, I'm sure the other mom would have noticed pronto too.
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