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The baby that they deny is theirs died at 5 days old. They didn’t do a DNA test on the dead baby? Wonder if their baby is alive with a different family.
The baby that they deny is theirs died at 5 days old. They didn’t do a DNA test on the dead baby? Wonder if their baby is alive with a different family.
Not the first time it's happened and probably not the last. Very interesting. There was the famous one in Florida, but I also read a good story about one that was discovered after the babies had grown old and died.
Through DNA and Ancestry.com, two daughters figured out that their fathers had been switched at birth in a NYC hospital in the early 20th century.
They should do their own dna test. Maybe the baby was theirs, & they are saying this to cope with the grief. Even though this happened a few years ago, I don't know why they can't do an independent dna test on the dead baby.
They should do their own dna test. Maybe the baby was theirs, & they are saying this to cope with the grief. Even though this happened a few years ago, I don't know why they can't do an independent dna test on the dead baby.
This is a compelling story, but pictures can be weird as far as coloring. The family says the belly button is a different shape, but it looks to me like it's the exact same belly button.
When they noticed the bracelets didn't match between the mom and baby, did they keep the bracelets as proof?
In the case of the other Guadalupe, was HER baby diagnosed with problems at birth, or were the health problems missed and neither newborn was assessed for those conditions that killed the baby at 5 days?
Did they complain to anyone that it wasn't their baby, until after the baby died? I would think if they had said in the hospital, at the time of the perceived switch, "this isn't our baby!", the nurse would say yes it is, here, the baby's bracelet and yours match. Was that not done?
Do they have any pics of the lighter colored baby's hair? The hair on the darker baby is distinctive - very thick and black. Are there no pics of the other baby's head?
I don't think those two babies look anything alike. And I remember past stories of kids switched in hospitals by accident so it can definitely happen. I do wonder also why if they were so careful to take pictures of the babies for evidence, why if they're claiming the ID numbers on the bracelets didn't match, why they simply wouldn't have taken a picture of the bracelets? Or saved the bracelets? Maybe it would have been too expensive to send away for a cheek swab DNA test to confirm it was their daughter or not, I don't know. But it does seem like there are several steps that if I was so freaked out and sure my child had been switched, I would have taken.
The parents of the dead baby say they asked for a DNA test, and were denied by the hospital.
They also say the bracelets did NOT match...but they don't say they brought it up to hospital staff. It would be helpful, if they hung on to the bracelets, to make their case.
Assuming the mother got to see her baby before the baby was whisked away...she KNOWS her baby. She wouldn't be "wondering if someone else has her baby", she'd KNOW someone else had her baby.
The parents of the dead baby say they asked for a DNA test, and were denied by the hospital.
They also say the bracelets did NOT match...but they don't say they brought it up to hospital staff. It would be helpful, if they hung on to the bracelets, to make their case.
Assuming the mother got to see her baby before the baby was whisked away...she KNOWS her baby. She wouldn't be "wondering if someone else has her baby", she'd KNOW someone else had her baby.
You would think that, but apparently it's not the case. Mothers who are introduced to their newborns for an hour or so, and the baby is taken away to the nursery for medical stuff, are unable to pick their own newborn out of the babies in the nursery.
I had 3 kids and I find this baffling, because once you have a baby you realize babies do NOT look alike, but the research shows moms can't recognize their own newborns.
But anyway, I wonder WHEN did she decide it wasn't her baby? Was it right away, or was it after the baby died?
I wouldn't let the sun set on noticing the baby they've handed me isn't mine - I'd be complaining until SOMETHING was done, if only to show me the baby the other woman has.
But they claim that after their baby was taken out the room by medical staff for tests, that she was swapped with another child
What "tests" did they need to run on the baby, and what was the result of those tests?
Additionally, the baby that appears darker in the photos wasn't born "healthy with no complications" as they state - there are several tubes - a gastric tube, and a nasal tube in the baby. That is not a well baby. Additionally, both babies, the one that appears lighter, and the one that appears darker, have the same therapeutic set up, except for the gastric tube that is present in the one they claim is theirs, and is absent in the one they claim is not.
Also, found this. Premature babies can be born very dark, but lighten up quickly:
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