AlwaysAngie Wrote:
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> Sandy, the other mother was having a fit as she
> found out before me. I was standing in the hall
> waiting for his newborn photos and I had NO idea.
> She looked at me, cussed, threw her hands up in
> the air and ran back into the room. I didn't think
> I was the cause of it all but her behavior was
> such that you'd think *I* gave her my baby to
> nurse. Idiot.
>
> So when I found out, my first thought was to go
> talk to the other mom about what happened,
> rationally. However, I knew that with the way she
> was acting, she'd say something stupid and being
> as upset over what she did, I would've jumped on
> her and starting beating her senseless (seriously,
> I can get feisty). Since I'd had a C-section and I
> didn't want to have to nurse a baby in jail, I
> stayed put but after everything that happened, I
> really wish I would've confronted her. She is
> partly to blame, as I ALWAYS checked I got the
> right baby. Partly because when my oldest was born
> 19 years ago (last baby was a BIG surprise),
> that's when all that went down in Florida with the
> girls that were switched at the hospital but one
> had died and the parents were fighting for the
> other one. I can't imagine having to live through
> that so I've always been thorough in checking I've
> got the right baby.
>
> As to the babies, it was the Friday before when
> they brought ME the wrong baby but I didn't nurse
> him. We never touched him. Even my husband could
> tell right away he wasn't ours. If only the other
> mother had half our common sense. Or the nurse
> actually did her job and checked the ID
> bracelets...
>
> For the facelift, maybe someday but I've nursed
> three kids and had three C-sections so a boob lift
> and a tummy tuck would be first on my list.
To my newly found sister in law Always...and i never knew my husband had another brother..great
you would be surprised at how some adults act (or maybe you would not be). Since we have so many hospitals in los angeles there are some that cater to particular clientele. I had a friend who was an L and D/nursery nurse in a Hosp that only took "paying" patients. She was so fed up with the patients and when the hospital had to close down after the big Northridge Earthquake back in the 90's she told me she was relieved to be pushed to look for another job. She was so sick of being a nursemaid to the demanding mothers on her ward who would treat her like their personal slave demanding everything non nursing related be done for them. This particular hospital has a wonderful reputation and rivals the one i work at as the "hospital to the stars". But you must understand that means that once in a while you get a star, most patients are far from being stars...She soon got a job in another hospital that was almost all patients with no source of income outside the government. She loved it for a while as it was a welcome change from the other scenerio but then she got totally fed up with 14 year olds having babies and druggies as patients who just would up and leave their baby at the hospital. Again, most patients were lovely but you remember those that you have to "deal" with constantly. My hospital has a mix of the wealthy and the low income with most in the middle somewhere. We get all types..and there are those who get really weird under stress whatever their income level. And who is not under stress when in the hospital even when there for a good reason like having a baby? (and imagine a baby in the intensive care unit) I am glad you resisted the impulse to whack that lady. We enjoy having you on the forum and I don't think they allow mystery shopping from jail, much less a computer to write on forums. Perhaps you can do the phone shops once in a while when you get your chance for a call!