Comments on: Switched at birth https://thenewneo.com/2013/11/20/switched-at-birth/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:07:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Sgt. Mom https://thenewneo.com/2013/11/20/switched-at-birth/#comment-698716 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:07:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34069#comment-698716 I recall being ‘banded’ – my daughter and I had identifying wrist bracelets with matching numbers applied before or shortly after the umbilical cord was cut in the delivery room. Either way – before either of us left the room; daughter being a mere infant and me drugged to the gills. Then, as part of the hospital check-out procedure, I was asked to look at our bracelets and affirm that the numbers on them matched. I can only assume that this kind of precaution had been put in place because of this kind of awful mix-up. That seems to have been practice in military hospitals c. 1980, can’t see how it could have been overlooked in a civvy hospital.

]]> By: Lizzy https://thenewneo.com/2013/11/20/switched-at-birth/#comment-698706 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:38:58 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34069#comment-698706 Should have added that given the circumstances makes sense that both girls were happy remaining with their non-bio parents.

Rebecca stayed with the woman who had been “mom” since birth because she never had the opportunity to know her bio parents.

Callie stayed with Pam and eventually acquired her bio dad as her legal dad while maintaining her since-birth family relationships with Pam and grandparents.

]]> By: Lizzy https://thenewneo.com/2013/11/20/switched-at-birth/#comment-698695 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:12:41 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34069#comment-698695 Yes, confusing. Here’s my understanding:

Not long after the discovery of the switch, one set of parents died. Their non-biological daughter Callie was then raised by her (non-bio) aunt, Pam.

Pam got to know the other set of parents, the Chittums, who were raising her biological niece, Rebecca during visits.

Pam and Kevin Chittum fell in love, married, and have had 3 more children. Thus Callie was raised by her non-bio aunt Pam and bio dad Kevin.

]]> By: Michael Adams https://thenewneo.com/2013/11/20/switched-at-birth/#comment-698613 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:15:07 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34069#comment-698613 Ach, hit “Submit” when I meant to do “Preview”. Punctuation errors included, gratis.

]]> By: Michael Adams https://thenewneo.com/2013/11/20/switched-at-birth/#comment-698611 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:13:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=34069#comment-698611 You can tell your, if I can tell mine. oh, my wife was involved, too, somehow. It’s MY knee that still predicts cold fronts, though.

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