Question of the Day
Submitted by adrianedward on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 01:42
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Question of the Day: You discover your wonderful one-year-old child is, because of a mixup at the hospital, not yours. Would you want to exchange the child to try to correct the mistake.
My answer: Now I completely admit that since I do not have children, my answer might not be as authentic as others that do but I will nevertheless attempt to answer this as truthfully as I can.
I would assume that although I would have fallen in love with my child after a whole year together, I would prefer to find my real child instead of keeping the unfortunately switched one. One year compared to a whole lifetime does not seem to strong enough to make me want to leave the mistake as-is.
What about you?
I can't wait to read your answers.
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It's late at the present moment but whenever and wherever you are reading this, I hope all is more than well.
much questioning love
~adrian
lol too easy
Submitted by bnicole00 on Sat, 07/03/2010 - 00:46.i'd most definantly want my own son/daughter back lol
P.S.S. I would like to think
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 17:17.P.S.S. I would like to think that I would know if the baby was mine or not though to begin with in the first place...The more I think about it, I think I would definitely know (via motherly instinct) if the baby in fact was mine or not. :-)
Wow...thats a pretty intense
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 17:07.Wow...thats a pretty intense and thought-provoking question there, sunshine. Hmm...that is a very TOUGH question to answer. I have the honor of being a mom to 2 beautiful little girls and being a mom (or a parent), I believe the most important bonding experience between mom and baby comes from birth to through the first year. You are exploring each other, learning about each other, nurturing, caring, breast feeding (or other), etc. Each of my girls always had their own room w/crib, but it just as well have been a guest room because they slept right next to me in bed. I felt every little breath and the warmth of their body and vice versa, you learn each others scents...you just BOND in the most sacred, special way ever. SO, to answer your question, I think that for me personally, it would be very difficult to want to give the baby up because I would have bonded in every possible way with them and them with me. It would be traumatic to have to seperate, but there would also be that longing to know the other baby as well. I guess I would speak with the other parties involved and have to get to know them before just handing the baby over. I would hope they would want to do the same of me until we gained that trust...all the while, having the babies grow up together,etc. (if that makes sense) It would be a special bond not just between babies, but I would hope between families and it is something that we would share for the rest of our lives. I would (in time) eventually and gradually make the switch before the baby could have an actual memory of it. I would be thrilled to learn about my biological child, but that bond would always be there with the other child and I would want to be a part of his/her life as she grew up and vice versa...if that would be possible.
Anyway, good question. I'm glad I have never had to encounter such a situation and hope I never do. :-( That would be tough.
LL (sorry, forgot my pw so couldn't log in so I'm listed as anonymous) Thanks for sharing your response with all of us as well. ps. How do you come up with your questions???? LOL ;-)
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Submitted by Marina_Poet on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 14:07.Ultimately, I would have to switch to get and raise my biological child but would love to have the opportunity to have updates on the child raised that first year. This situation is very soap opera like and seems so bizarre to have an occurence in these days, but strange things do happen.