What if you found out your child was mixed up at birth?

Question

Suppose you get a call from the hospital explaining that your child was mixed up with another baby at birth, so your child you have now is not genetically yours. Your birth child is with another family.

Would you still want to keep the child you have now or would you want to trade it for your birth child?

What if the other family wants to get custody of their birth child (the child you have now)

Answer 1

That would just be strange, it isn't that common anymore. I don't have this worry, the hospital that i give birth in allows you to chose things. Like in my case, my baby will be delivered and cleaned and all that in my room and will never leave my side unless it has to be in nicu. He is far enough along now not to have to worry about that. The min the baby comes out they put a tag with a number on it on the babies wrist and one on you and one on daddy matchign the number.

Answer 2

Glad I had my baby at home.

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Answer 3

I would beat up the person who was responcible for the mix up.

Answer 4

1) trade back for my own baby, but maintain a "Aunt / Uncle" relationship with baby from other family

2) Hire a good lawyer

Answer 5

If it was only within a few months of birth, I would want to switch back.  However, if it happened now, with the ages my kids are, there is no way I would trade children with them.

I'm lucky I don't have to worry about that.  My ex-husband was being a jerk when we divorced and wanted to try to make it look like I had cheated on him, so he demanded a DNA test.  So I have DNA proof that my son is mine.  And with my daughter,  I looked at that little cutie the moment she was born and knew exactly what she looked like, plus there were only about 3 other babies in the hospital nursery at that time so with her dark head of hair there was no mixing her up with another baby.

Answer 6

Well my daughter is 2 and a half, I love her so much, I couldnt trade her. I am the only mummy she knows. Have you been watching Private Practice? hehe

Plus I am positive she is mine, she looks exactly like her father and the hospital I go to the baby doesnt leave your room

Answer 7

gawd that would be crazy.

first off i would totally find out who was responsible for it and beat the c**p out of them.LOL

but i would want my real child. i think it would be really hard for me if i was already really close to the child i already had. like if it was 3 years old.

Answer 8

I'd try to keep the baby I've bonded with; meaning, my non-biological child... UNLESS my child was in an abusive situation, in which case I'd fight tooth and nail for BOTH kids... If the situation was fine, I'd talk with the other family about all of us having a relationship with both children.

Answer 9

depends on the age if it happened within months of birth ..I would trade babies ..if not Im keeping both

Answer 10

u would be retarded then! not!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaha lol

Answer 11

Hard question !!

I want mine birth child, but I think I would want the other child too, since I would probably be so use to him/her...

Answer 12

Depending on how long i had the "wrong" baby that would decide what i wanted.  If the babies weren't that old I would want them switched back (like still newborns) but if they were 2 months or older I would want to consider joint custody  of both to know both children and give the other parents the chance as well but if they weren't fit to be parents i would want custody of both children.  Or if they just wanted to switch back i would take my child back and still want joint custody or visits with the baby i was raising to see how they were doing.  If I didn't find out until the children were 2 and above of course then i would deffinitly want to still see the "wrong" child but yes i would want my birth child in my life as well.