Babies Worldwide

Babies switched at birth. This tragic mishap occurs more commonly on television than in real life. It just might be the most overused plot device on the soap opera the Young and the Restless.

But baby switching can and does happen outside of Hollywood. And right now it’s a hot topic because last week a court ordered two moms in Russia to swap their 2-year-old sons after DNA tests revealed the children were mixed up as newborns by a careless nurse, according to Sky News.

Can you imagine a worse nightmare? You spend two years with a baby boy, breastfeeding him, watching his first steps, hearing his first words–and then you’re told he’s not yours. How do you stop loving a child you thought was your own for two years?

However, the likelihood of a baby switch occurring is almost none, but imagine the worst case scenario: You’re sent home with the wrong baby and like the two women in Russia you raise the child for two years. What would you do? Would you keep the child you had raised for two years or the child who has your genes?

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