From time to time, television talk shows shock the audience with stories about the fact that 10-20 years after the birth of the children, parents learn that in reality the child is not a native one - there was a substitution of children in the maternity home. Is this real? How often does the child change and why? This really happens, but very rarely. If you exclude the evil intentions of the medical staff and the option that the child was stolen from the hospital, then there is a negligence of midwives and doctors.
Precautionary measures
If you are panic-stricken, that this can happen in your family, worry about the individual birth and post-natal ward. In many maternity homes this practice has long been introduced. The mother and baby are not separated from the moment of delivery. In addition, the regulatory acts of the Ministry of Health provide for a number of measures that help identify newborns. In order not to confuse children in the hospital, immediately after their birth, the measurement of physical parameters is carried out with subsequent fixation of information in the documentation. A small soft tag is attached to the foot and handle of the baby, where the data of the mother (name), the time of the child's appearance, its height, sex and weight are indicated. In the aftermath, these first "documents" of the mother are carefully stored in the life of the child.
Every woman, for the first time seeing her crumb, forever remembers the features of his face. This is only outsiders can say that all newborns are externally the same. Even the smell and voice are remembered! Crying your child, who was taken for examination or routine vaccination, you will learn from thousands of voices.
Another method is partner birth. In this case, not only the mother will see the baby, but also the father, who can be an active participant in the process.
In order not to change children in the hospital, the Ministry of Health in the future plans to use the technology, which is now used for
Are there suspicions of substitution?
Are you tormented by doubts that the kid is not your own? Do not wait until ten years have passed. To rid yourself of the pain, do genetic research to yourself and the baby. This procedure is not painful at all. The fence of genetic material, namely saliva, is a smear from the inside of the cheek with a cotton swab. The answer will be given to you within a few weeks. But note, the cost of such a service is considerable.