Comments on === The Jet Set: That One Time The Hospital Switched My Baby

what beautiful pictures of lulu. oh homebirth hom...

2011-12-16T12:37:06.265-07:00

what beautiful pictures of lulu.

oh homebirth homebirth...2 out of 3 of my babies needed serious help right after being born (not caused by the hospital mind you) so even though the thought of it and the experiences being shared by others are BEAUTIFUL...this mama would never feel comfortable doing it.

you know one time in the hospital they wheeled in the wrong baby to me too! and then another time i introduced my new baby to my whole family through the window (we couldn't hold her for awhile) and i pointed out and introduced the wrong baby to everyone. ah!

2011-12-15T18:31:22.456-07:00

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They brought my mom the wrong baby instead of me. ...

2011-12-15T08:10:47.484-07:00

They brought my mom the wrong baby instead of me. But since we are not Mexican she knew right away. And every time I acted up in high school she reminded me that she could have had a different daughter...

"we have enough penises at our house- take th...

2011-12-15T01:21:13.770-07:00

"we have enough penises at our house- take that one away" Can I get that embroidered on a pillowcase or something?

I saw this on The Office.

2011-12-14T23:17:03.015-07:00

I saw this on The Office.

My daughter was premature, and within a couple of ...

2011-12-14T22:56:13.185-07:00

My daughter was premature, and within a couple of minutes of being born she was taken to the NICU. I didn't see her again for hours. Quite honestly, when I entered the NICU to visit, I couldn't tell which one was her. She looks enough like me and my husband that I know she's ours, but would I have recognized a switch? I'm not sure.

My son, on the other hand, didn't leave my sight during the 4 hours we spent in the hospital after his birth. After that early bonding time, I probably would have recognized him. I think that circumstances can vary widely, and I can see how someone could be confused. Especially if it was their first baby, and they hadn't spent much time together.

This is when I would have gotten out my lipstick c...

2011-12-14T21:58:23.356-07:00

This is when I would have gotten out my lipstick called the local news and then told the hospital admins that they could comp all my baby bills or I was going on air. Seriously. But yeah I am sure I would know too.

This is why I recommend having twins. Your chances...

2011-12-14T19:51:04.470-07:00

This is why I recommend having twins. Your chances of someone not messing up go up considerably the more babies you have. Or maybe it's the other way around... Hmmm...

Check.

2011-12-14T19:34:15.172-07:00

Check.

I seriously don't know if I would have been ab...

2011-12-14T19:18:38.835-07:00

I seriously don't know if I would have been able to tell. And my babies look EXACTLY like me when they're first born. I would have with my girl (#3) for sure, but my boys? I honestly don't know.

The first time I had a baby she was the only baby ...

2011-12-14T17:19:13.096-07:00

The first time I had a baby she was the only baby in the hospital. All the other times the babies have looked exactly like the first one so we've been pretty lucky. I love that the hospital brought you a baby boy. Like you'd want a boy baby when you have a precious girl!

That's nuts. I would've known that they ha...

2011-12-14T16:38:54.497-07:00

That's nuts. I would've known that they had given me the wrong baby. I've had two babies. One mini-Me and one mini-DH. Both we're hairy beasts. Handy for the baby-line up.

Kind of makes you wonder how many babies out there...

2011-12-14T15:45:42.091-07:00

Kind of makes you wonder how many babies out there are being raised by the wrong parents!! :)

MY SPIDEY SENSE TELLS ME THAT THIS BABY IS NOT MIN...

2011-12-14T15:23:43.547-07:00

MY SPIDEY SENSE TELLS ME THAT THIS BABY IS NOT MINE.

What more proof do you need?

I would say that's a strong case for having a ...

2011-12-14T15:14:59.971-07:00

I would say that's a strong case for having a baby at home, and I rarely make strong cases for having babies at home.

scary stuff.

Someone brought the wrong baby to my mom in 1982. ...

2011-12-14T14:25:27.300-07:00

Someone brought the wrong baby to my mom in 1982. This baby had a mess of dark hair, while my brother was as bald as a golf ball. The nurse thought my mom was nuts when she insisted that the baby in the bassinet was not hers. Luckily, everything got straightened out, but seriously.