IVF baby mix-up - TMC
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LKVM:
But u know kids sometimes change within few hours also and during labour hours u might have had just the glimpse... whereas they take the kid to bath then the kid sleep and they allow u to sleep as well... so there are chances u might not recognize ur own child .....
just kidding
But this is highly possible!
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DesertWind:
True, I didn't quite recognise mine. I only caught a brief glance of her after delivery and at that moment was still reeling from the effect of anesthetic. Had c-section.LKVM:
But u know kids sometimes change within few hours also and during labour hours u might have had just the glimpse... whereas they take the kid to bath then the kid sleep and they allow u to sleep as well... so there are chances u might not recognize ur own child .....
just kidding
But this is highly possible!
After I slept for don't know how many hours, the nurse brought baby to me for feeding for the very first time. Baby was nicely and tightly wrappd up. Didn't occur to us to unwrap her to check for tag. Frankly speaking, never in my wildest imagination would I expect them to bring me the wrong baby. If not for my dh's comment about how beautiful our baby looked, it wouldn't have triggered my alarm.
And yes, my baby's ankle tag did drop off. But wrist tag still intact. Nurses were plain careless :x
By the way, I am positive I brought the right baby home. She's a splitting image of her elder sister by her 2nd month -
I delivered at TMC…my baby was checked in the delivery room by the gynae personally b4 the PD came in. She was with me most of the time during the 2 nights…except the first day when nurses told me she needed to stay in the incubator to keep warm.
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I actually have a very good impression of TMC till the news about IVF that caught me by surprised. Unbelievable to me as I thought, compared to natural delivery, IVF should have a more stringent control procedures.
Both my DS2 and recent DS3 were delivered there i.e. natural delivery. I don’t remember about DS2 as it was 8 years back. But for DS3 i.e. 1 yr back, I’m pretty impressed with the tagging process. The nurse went through a ‘quality’ check with me on the newborn immediately upon delivery… from head to toes, counting fingers etc. and finally tag DS3 in front of me before they delivered him to the nursery. I do have this innate fear about later wrong baby coming out from the nursery, and thus, make an effort to look for birth mark etc., follow the baby to nursery and trying to identify him from the rest… Additional precaution for me…
It will take sometime for TMC to build back its reputation… sigh -
sleepy:
In some Aussie hospital, apart from wrist and ankle tags, the baby's details are written on a sticky tape and taped to the back of baby, from birth. That sticky tape don't come off until the parents decide to peel it off by themselves.
And yes, my baby's ankle tag did drop off. But wrist tag still intact. Nurses were plain careless :x
By the way, I am positive I brought the right baby home. She's a splitting image of her elder sister by her 2nd month -
bebebub:
In some Aussie hospital, apart from wrist and ankle tags, the baby's details are written on a sticky tape and taped to the back of baby, from birth. That sticky tape don't come off until the parents decide to peel it off by themselves.
Now, THAT'S KS :celebrate: -
blur-daddy:
Yes, the QC check on the newborn is impressive. The nurse did the test on the newborn in the delivery room. I remember seeing a piece of paper wrapped with my bb on top of the tags.I actually have a very good impression of TMC till the news about IVF that caught me by surprised. Unbelievable to me as I thought, compared to natural delivery, IVF should have a more stringent control procedures.
Both my DS2 and recent DS3 were delivered there i.e. natural delivery. I don't remember about DS2 as it was 8 years back. But for DS3 i.e. 1 yr back, I'm pretty impressed with the tagging process. The nurse went through a 'quality' check with me on the newborn immediately upon delivery... from head to toes, counting fingers etc. and finally tag DS3 in front of me before they delivered him to the nursery. I do have this innate fear about later wrong baby coming out from the nursery, and thus, make an effort to look for birth mark etc., follow the baby to nursery and trying to identify him from the rest... Additional precaution for me...
It will take sometime for TMC to build back its reputation... *sigh*
It's sad that this happened in a reputable hospital like TMC. The service is great...as good as staying in a hotel -
janet_lee88:
Depends how much u pay bah... also got different wards... same as all other hospitals
It's sad that this happened in a reputable hospital like TMC. The service is great...as good as staying in a hotel
Hotels also have different number of stars
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The kid is 2 years old Liao... Legal tussle still on-going...
Sad case
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[quote]THOMSON Fertility Centre (TFC), locked in a legal tussle over how much it should pay a couple suing it for using the wrong sperm, wants the High Court to settle two issues first.
One is whether the sums payable should include the child's upkeep until she grows up and is financially self-reliant.
Two, whether it should pay provisional damages in case she suffers an ailment that is rooted in the biological father's genes.
It wants the court to rule on these issues in court papers filed last month. A High Court hearing has been set for next month.
TFC and three others are being sued over a mix-up in sperm samples that led to a woman having a baby, now two years old, with a stranger's sperm instead of her husband's.[/quote] -
Daddy
[/quote]If I were the biological father, I would tell the couple, \"If you don't want the child, give me lor. Then you don't have to pay for 'upkeep' of the child.\"
The kid is 2 years old Liao... Legal tussle still on-going...
Sad case
:sad:
[quote]THOMSON Fertility Centre (TFC), locked in a legal tussle over how much it should pay a couple suing it for using the wrong sperm, wants the High Court to settle two issues first.
One is whether the sums payable should include the child's upkeep until she grows up and is financially self-reliant.
Two, whether it should pay provisional damages in case she suffers an ailment that is rooted in the biological father's genes.
It wants the court to rule on these issues in court papers filed last month. A High Court hearing has been set for next month.
TFC and three others are being sued over a mix-up in sperm samples that led to a woman having a baby, now two years old, with a stranger's sperm instead of her husband's.
All these lawsuits for upkeep will only cause the poor child to feel that he was not wanted. Why else would they claim for upkeep? I can only imagine the psychological issues when the child grows up. Sometimes people need to think through the long-term ramifications of their chosen course of action.
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