Baby switched at birth at Sibley

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Anonymous wrote:isn't it a coincidence that the very thing OP obsessively feared throughout her pregnancy actually came to pass?

I'm dubious, too. If you really are so fearful about this, you don't choose to send your baby to the nursery-- nowadays when hospitals are getting rid of nurseries and rooming-in is presented as crucial to breastfeeding success, it seems odd that a woman whose husband is at the hospital with her, who is very concerned with breastfeeding success, and who is anxious about baby getting "switched at birth" would request to send her baby to the nursery.

I'm not critical of the choice, but it was an unusual choice for a woman who presents herself as slavishly devoted to nursing her baby and obsessively fearful about babies getting switched around.

This exactly. The author clearly made some things up or at least embellished.

Disagree completely. The author says she was trying not to be "one of those moms" and that she knew her thoughts about Ebola was panic and not truly a concern. She was sent over the edge when she could tell the nurses were telling conflicting stories after her baby was 2 hours late! Anybody would panic at that point in time and feel like they couldn't trust the hospital or staff. That everything's turned out ok is just luck. I don't think the author is as upset about the formula as having to go through a few agonizing hours and have the hospital lie to her and not handle the whole thing as well as they should and that's the part that's worth sharing with other mothers. Also, I don't blame a reporter for trying to sensationalize their stories a bit - she's smart. I also understand that no hospital is perfect, but I work hard every day to do a good job at my job and not disappoint my coworkers or make them look bad and I expect the same of other people, including the Sibley nurses. We won't get their side of the story, but I hope that they either feel bad about what happened, or if they don't, find another profession that suits them better.

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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.

Yes, again, this has got to be the nurse responsible for the mixup or someone who knows her personally. And they're making Sibley look worse, but they probably don't care about that bc they hate Sibley as much as OP right now. Sad.

You are right, only nurses can use google. Op kind of opened herself up for that when she signed her name and linked to the article she was paid to write, also trying to promote her upcoming book. It's not like they got her IP address and found her name through some illicit means.

What I said is that the motivation to get so personal is noteworthy. A lot of posters have criticized without getting personal and calling people rich bitches. A few have gotten remarkably and notably personal. Occam's Razor.

You must be new here.

Nope but clearly many people, probably you included, have so little going on in your life that making snide comments on a mommy blog is your only joy.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Nobody "stalked" her husband (although that's what he did to the new mothers in the maternity ward). It was brought up that maybe they didn't know what a hospital ombudsman was or how to file a complaint. One quick google search of his linked in profile shows that he has a masters in public administration. So, yeah, he should have known the term Ombudsman.

He's not some hayseed who fell off a turnip truck, however, the OP writes that "At the end of our hospital stay, my husband asked that the switched-at-birth debacle be entered into our daughter’s medical records..."

This is over-the-top ridiculous. The baby was given formula by a different mother and there was no medical ramification of this what-so-ever. So her highly educated husband, should have been able to track down the Ombudsman that morning without harassing women who had just given birth. Sibley didn't change their story. The OP got some information in the morning and more of it in the evening when she asked.

Yes, Sibley should be accountable in acknowledging these errors and in ensuring practices are followed to prevent them. The OP and her husband should have known how to address this issue through proper channels that respects the privacy of other patients.

Dr here-it belongs in the medical record.

Dr. here -- no it doesn't. This is equivalent medically to a nurse giving the baby a bottle.

Now a report made to the Sibley Patient Relations department should be kept in a complaint/grievance file.

I disagree. If a patients falls but is not injured it goes in the chart. Baby to wrong room but no Ebola seems along same lines.

Former nurse manager here (not at Sibley): incident reports do not get entered into patient charts. For a serious incident (like this) risk management should have been notified and they would have reached out to the family. (at least this was the protocol at the hospital where I worked)

But the patient was beyond distressed about it and wanted it noted. Think of all the subjective complaints that are noted in the medical record! At any rate, it's clearly not "ridiculously over-the top" as one suggested.

Former nurse manager here: agreed it's not "over the top" at all. The baby's record would have had to show the formula intake as part of his intake/output, but the circumstances around it would most likely not be in the baby's medical record. Clinical observations only are part of the chart.

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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.

Yes, again, this has got to be the nurse responsible for the mixup or someone who knows her personally. And they're making Sibley look worse, but they probably don't care about that bc they hate Sibley as much as OP right now. Sad.

You are right, only nurses can use google. Op kind of opened herself up for that when she signed her name and linked to the article she was paid to write, also trying to promote her upcoming book. It's not like they got her IP address and found her name through some illicit means.

Also, I'm not trying to defend OP. I wouldn't say she "opened herself up" either. I think she posted a link to her Washinggton Post article that's a bit sensational bc she's smart. All the attention only helps OP whether it's positive or nagative. What bothers me about the negativity is that I truly think some of it MUST be coming from a Sibley nurse that's pissed about some aspect of how the situation was handled. Why is she pissed? Is she a bad nurse or did Sibley hang her out to dry? I don't know but it doesn't bode well for the institution. Also, I can't imagine the Sibley nursing staff isn't reading this thread and tempted to post - come on.

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This was on Huff Po parents today. Op is obviously using it to try to promote a book or mommy blog or some other ridiculousness.

No one is denying that it shouldn't have happened. People on here are literally acting like a woman with AIDS breast-fed this baby. Just absurd.

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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.

Yes, again, this has got to be the nurse responsible for the mixup or someone who knows her personally. And they're making Sibley look worse, but they probably don't care about that bc they hate Sibley as much as OP right now. Sad.

You are right, only nurses can use google. Op kind of opened herself up for that when she signed her name and linked to the article she was paid to write, also trying to promote her upcoming book. It's not like they got her IP address and found her name through some illicit means.

Also, I'm not trying to defend OP. I wouldn't say she "opened herself up" either. I think she posted a link to her Washinggton Post article that's a bit sensational bc she's smart. All the attention only helps OP whether it's positive or nagative. What bothers me about the negativity is that I truly think some of it MUST be coming from a Sibley nurse that's pissed about some aspect of how the situation was handled. Why is she pissed? Is she a bad nurse or did Sibley hang her out to dry? I don't know but it doesn't bode well for the institution. Also, I can't imagine the Sibley nursing staff isn't reading this thread and tempted to post - come on.

It's possible, but there were a lot of negative responses to OP's initial post within about an hour. I really doubt that was nurses. I'm not a nurse and have no association with Sibley. I just think OP is an over-dramatic asshole.

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Switched at birth? More like a perfectly lovely new mother held my baby for five minutes.

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OP, I read your article before seeing all this on DCUM and appreciated it. Thanks for writing it and for holding Sibley accountable.
(a fellow journalist and mom)

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Anonymous wrote:This was on Huff Po parents today. Op is obviously using it to try to promote a book or mommy blog or some other ridiculousness.

No one is denying that it shouldn't have happened. People on here are literally acting like a woman with AIDS breast-fed this baby. Just absurd.

Seriously, the OP is eating up this thread b/c she's a marketing machine (in addition to a crappy writer). However, I posted the rich bitch comment and I'm not a nurse at Sibley. Just someone who is disgusted with how the OP and her husband completely violated the privacy of women who had just given birth. Shame on them.

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Anonymous wrote:This was on Huff Po parents today. Op is obviously using it to try to promote a book or mommy blog or some other ridiculousness.

No one is denying that it shouldn't have happened. People on here are literally acting like a woman with AIDS breast-fed this baby. Just absurd.

Seriously, the OP is eating up this thread b/c she's a marketing machine (in addition to a crappy writer). However, I posted the rich bitch comment and I'm not a nurse at Sibley. Just someone who is disgusted with how the OP and her husband completely violated the privacy of women who had just given birth. Shame on them.

What privacy? When I was postpartim there were people coming in constantly, including people who were not at al involved in my medical care like male nursing students from the local community college who wanted to observe, people selling photography services, etc. Maybe the mom of the other baby was happy to find this mom.

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Anonymous wrote:This was on Huff Po parents today. Op is obviously using it to try to promote a book or mommy blog or some other ridiculousness.

No one is denying that it shouldn't have happened. People on here are literally acting like a woman with AIDS breast-fed this baby. Just absurd.

Seriously, the OP is eating up this thread b/c she's a marketing machine (in addition to a crappy writer). However, I posted the rich bitch comment and I'm not a nurse at Sibley. Just someone who is disgusted with how the OP and her husband completely violated the privacy of women who had just given birth. Shame on them.

What privacy? When I was postpartim there were people coming in constantly, including people who were not at al involved in my medical care like male nursing students from the local community college who wanted to observe, people selling photography services, etc. Maybe the mom of the other baby was happy to find this mom.

Students are only at a teaching hospital. People trying to sell you stuff like photos aren't allowed into your room at Sibley. You get a form if you want photos.

The mom who had been given the baby could have sought out the OP but she obviously didn't.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Nobody "stalked" her husband (although that's what he did to the new mothers in the maternity ward). It was brought up that maybe they didn't know what a hospital ombudsman was or how to file a complaint. One quick google search of his linked in profile shows that he has a masters in public administration. So, yeah, he should have known the term Ombudsman.

He's not some hayseed who fell off a turnip truck, however, the OP writes that "At the end of our hospital stay, my husband asked that the switched-at-birth debacle be entered into our daughter’s medical records..."

This is over-the-top ridiculous. The baby was given formula by a different mother and there was no medical ramification of this what-so-ever. So her highly educated husband, should have been able to track down the Ombudsman that morning without harassing women who had just given birth. Sibley didn't change their story. The OP got some information in the morning and more of it in the evening when she asked.

Yes, Sibley should be accountable in acknowledging these errors and in ensuring practices are followed to prevent them. The OP and her husband should have known how to address this issue through proper channels that respects the privacy of other patients.

Dr here-it belongs in the medical record.

Yep. Dr here, as well. Completely relevant to charting and medical record.

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I had a baby at Sibley and once found her in her bassinet at the nurses station instead of in the nursery where they told me they had to take her for mandatory tests. Thanks OP for the article!

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I have never seen so much shameless jealousy. Ya'll, you look like idiots commenting on her writing style and calling her names.

Between a bunch of anonymous hags and the editorial staff at the WaPo, whose opinion do you think actually carries weight.

Losers.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never seen so much shameless jealousy. Ya'll, you look like idiots commenting on her writing style and calling her names.

Between a bunch of anonymous hags and the editorial staff at the WaPo, whose opinion do you think actually carries weight.

Losers.

Jealous of what exactly? This post makes absolutely zero sense.