Baby switched at birth at Sibley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I suspect that what OP sees as a cover up is little more than factfinding that has taken time and third hand stories that have been repeated, not conspiracies and cover ups.

[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.

Right? I am flabbergasted at folks that think this is no big deal. This is a major failing for Sibley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Are you seriously comparing a newborn baby to a dose of Advil? I'm pretty sure The Washington Post wouldn't print an article about a dose of Advil mix up! This was a baby! At a renowned hospital! Why aren't people seeing how big a deal this is?

[Anonymous]

I stopped reading after "SHE GAVE MY BABY FORMULA!!!!???!!!"

This is not an article, this is a blog. And not a good one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right? I am flabbergasted at folks that think this is no big deal. This is a major failing for Sibley.

The "folks that think this is no big deal" are no doubt Sibley's PR or legal machine springing into action.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Are you seriously comparing a newborn baby to a dose of Advil? I'm pretty sure The Washington Post wouldn't print an article about a dose of Advil mix up! This was a baby! At a renowned hospital! Why aren't people seeing how big a deal this is?

Because nothing serious occurred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WOW, this is NOT OKAY.

I feel like the posts attacking OP are written by Sibley administrators. Seriously, who the hell excuses this!? Just because the baby was okay in the end doesn't mean it couldn't have been disaster.

OP, I'm really sorry. I think Sibley's practices are really antiquated and I can't believe they let this happen.

+10000

I would have been pissed about the FF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right? I am flabbergasted at folks that think this is no big deal. This is a major failing for Sibley.

The "folks that think this is no big deal" are no doubt Sibley's PR or legal machine springing into action.

This is what I think, too. Disgusting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi moms,

I just wrote an article for The Washington Post about my birth experience at Sibley, where they ended up giving my baby to the wrong mother after I sent her to the nursery. If you are planning on delivering at Sibley, be extra vigilant checking your bracelet numbers with the nurses! The security system is definitely an antiquated one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/04/07/babies-are-still-switched-at-birth-yes-it-happened-to-me-briefly/

Karin

Before I read the thread, where I'm sure you were taken to task, I just want to say that I found it amusing. Very amusing.

My husband was so paranoid about this that he followed our children to the nursery when they had to get stuff done like their baths.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi moms,

I just wrote an article for The Washington Post about my birth experience at Sibley, where they ended up giving my baby to the wrong mother after I sent her to the nursery. If you are planning on delivering at Sibley, be extra vigilant checking your bracelet numbers with the nurses! The security system is definitely an antiquated one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/04/07/babies-are-still-switched-at-birth-yes-it-happened-to-me-briefly/

Karin

Before I read the thread, where I'm sure you were taken to task, I just want to say that I found it amusing. Very amusing.

My husband was so paranoid about this that he followed our children to the nursery when they had to get stuff done like their baths.

My DH also followed our kids to the nursery! But this was a while back (a few years ago, when VHC and GW still had nurseries) and even back then, they had better practices than Sibley for making sure babies didn't get mixed up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right? I am flabbergasted at folks that think this is no big deal. This is a major failing for Sibley.

The "folks that think this is no big deal" are no doubt Sibley's PR or legal machine springing into action.

This is what I think, too. Disgusting!

No...just a mom who has more worries than my child being momentarily held by another mom, or being formula fed. I've got 99 problems, but those ain't one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I delivered at Sibley 7 years ago and nothing like this happened (that I know of). However, after not seeing my baby for 6 hours the first night, I asked them to bring him back and I just kept him with me. Not because of any security reasons but because they didn't think it was a big deal for a 12 hour old newborn to not eat for 6 hours. I was pissed and didn't get any rest, but I made sure he ate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right? I am flabbergasted at folks that think this is no big deal. This is a major failing for Sibley.

The "folks that think this is no big deal" are no doubt Sibley's PR or legal machine springing into action.

This is what I think, too. Disgusting!

No...just a mom who has more worries than my child being momentarily held by another mom, or being formula fed. I've got 99 problems, but those ain't one of them.

You are an idiot. I would have been pissed if my child went to a total stranger without my permision for whatever benign reason you might think it is. They all got lucky that nothing more serous happened. Luck should not play a role in situations like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi moms,

I just wrote an article for The Washington Post about my birth experience at Sibley, where they ended up giving my baby to the wrong mother after I sent her to the nursery. If you are planning on delivering at Sibley, be extra vigilant checking your bracelet numbers with the nurses! The security system is definitely an antiquated one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/04/07/babies-are-still-switched-at-birth-yes-it-happened-to-me-briefly/

Karin

Before I read the thread, where I'm sure you were taken to task, I just want to say that I found it amusing. Very amusing.

My husband was so paranoid about this that he followed our children to the nursery when they had to get stuff done like their baths.

My DH also followed our kids to the nursery! But this was a while back (a few years ago, when VHC and GW still had nurseries) and even back then, they had better practices than Sibley for making sure babies didn't get mixed up!

Ha! I thought mine was the only one. It was his idea. He didn't let them out his sight. This was VHC both times. BTW: great place to have a birth. Baby low-jack, and mobile fetal monitors (around your belly but not connected by wire to an outside machine). Great nurses who love an unmedicated birth (I accidentally had one).

[Anonymous]

Twins that were in the nicu for 2 months. They have volunteers that come in and hold the babies, we got donor milk and formula, so I don't really see this as a sky is falling moment. They screwed up, but different stories from different nurses hardly makes something a coverup any more than playing telephone with 10 third graders is a coverup. And going around trying to find the other mother (2 room numbers on a random piece of paper? I don't believe that for a minute) is just awful - you are fortunate that she was so gracious. I would not have been.