Baby switched at birth at Sibley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great. Now you are going to unnecessarily alarm a bunch of nervous pregnant first time moms.

Yeah. I understand why Karin wrote the article. She thinks of herself as a novelist. Rich bitch thinks she's Carrie from Sex in the City: http://www.berkshireweddingcollective.com/real-weddings-in-the-berkshires-page/2014/7/2/karin-and-craigs-berkshires-wedding-at-the-mount

She's not trying to help. She's wanting name recognition.

I'm reporting your post, this crosses a line.

[Anonymous]

.."had lactation consultants working with me around the clock to get the colostrum going..." Code red? Distraught? While an unfortunate, temporary incident, you are a tad dramatic, no?

[Anonymous]

Wow, trolls, go find another site to do your damage. This author has been called a b*tch like three times and some person posted her wedding pictures and stalked her husband. And here I thought moms were supportive.

Thanks for sharing OP. I would have freaked the hell out if this had happened to me.

[Anonymous]

I was relieved to see that the thread title was inaccurate click bait. OP, the hospital's error was not ok and you are right to hold them accountable. However this is not a "switched at birth" story nor is there any indication that Sibley's discharge procedure has failed or is likely to.

The title should be "Sibley gave my baby to another patient for ten minutes."

You don't deserve to be ridiculed or called misognyous names but you are not communicating responsibly either.

[Anonymous]

I agree the title is misleading but how is a hospital giving a baby to the wrong mother not a big deal? It's a never event. That's what hospitals call these things. Also, Sibley wouldn't have lawyered up if they didn't think it was a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree the title is misleading but how is a hospital giving a baby to the wrong mother not a big deal? It's a never event. That's what hospitals call these things. Also, Sibley wouldn't have lawyered up if they didn't think it was a big deal.

I'm guessing the lawyering up was related to OP's demeanor and language with Sibley

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see what the big deal is...it sounds like the other mom was concerned as well. I'm not reading it like the majority. I think it sounds reasonable to search out the other woman when they realized Sibley was covering it up. She is a journalist, and despite what someone says on page 1, I'd say she actually IS a novelist with one book published and another one coming out from a big press. ???

She isn't exactly an investigative journalist; she reported on entertainment news. Yes, she's a chick lit author. However, it boggles the mind that she got anything published b/c this piece for the post is so poorly written. (Seriously, the fried tuna troll has better writing chops.)

The nurses they spoke with were inconsistent on what happened--that's why you report these things to an Ombudsman. It wasn't a "cover up." It's not good what happened, and I'm sure it was disturbing to experience as new parents. But it's also disturbing how she and her husband felt it was right to interrogate moms who had just given birth at the hospital. And she doesn't even see how inappropriate this was.

You just sound bitter. Also WTH is wrong with chick lit? She's still sitting her ass in a chair to write it. Her forthcoming book, on Vassar's first black woman, doesn't sound like mainstream chick lit. When you get your fangs unstuck you can create something too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sibley should have better baby matching procedures, but op comes across as a self-absorbed whiner. #TeamNoOne

+1

And also, that wedding hairstyle is ick.

Yes to all of this!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP, in principle I'm with you, but your Wash Post piece is wildly overdramatic (I think in an attempt to be funny??) Your horror at your child 'gulping down formula' is a huge eyeroller. But I'm sure you have a very promising career ahead of you as a mommy blogger.

Ha! So true. I love the implication that a newborn can gulp down anything. Anyone who's had one knows that in the first few days theit intake is measured in milliliters.

It's actually sad because I think a lot of us agree with the OP in principle. Her approach is just so unbelievably overdramatic and myopic that it negates the whole thing. I'm sure she doesn't even see it.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one thinks the way sibley acted is OK. They think some of OP's actions in response were completely inappropriate.

+1 I found this article horrifying in a lot of ways but mostly because of the actions of the OP

[Anonymous]

There is a lot of crazy in this post, and I am not talking about the OP.

[Anonymous]

What if the hospital carried my dose of Advil down the hall to another patient, then came back and said "Sorry, wrong room," and brought me the Advil. So what??

This so stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:.."had lactation consultants working with me around the clock to get the colostrum going..." Code red? Distraught? While an unfortunate, temporary incident, you are a tad dramatic, no?

DUDES, the HATE is definitely coming from the NURSE/TECH or other NURSING STAFF responsible for the mix up (or her family and friends). Think about it. That nurse is going to be in trouble at work b/c this WaPo author insisted on finding out what happened and THAT PERSON HAS EVERY REASON TO OVER REACT! That's why the OP is getting called a bitch, having her personal wedding website posted, getting called rich and entitled and suffering all other kinds of personal attacks.

Why do I care? I'm supposed to deliver at Sibley this month and I'm very concerned that this is some kind of issue bubbling beneath the surface among the staff at Sibley.....this thread needs to be brought to the attention of Sibley supervisors and administration ASAP so that they can make sure these aren't the views of the staff that will be handling my baby. I'm white - are the nurses there going to call me a rich bitch just b/c of that?

[Anonymous]

Good grief OP, I expected a story about 8 year olds struggling to adapt to learning about their bio family vs. the family that had been raising them.

The switch itself, that's bad. The cover up is unconscionable.

[Anonymous]

Yikes, lady, having raised 3 kids, you have a long road ahead of you if you are going to have that strong of an emotional reaction to the incident you described.