Mum given wrong baby

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20634146-661,00.html

A MOTHER'S maternal instinct may have saved her from bonding with the wrong baby after a hospital mix-up.

A nurse at St Vincent's Private Hospital handed the Williamstown woman the wrong child as she recovered from giving birth on Sunday. It was her first baby. 

The woman began breastfeeding the infant girl but complained to a midwife that she did not think it was her child. 

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Australian Breastfeeding Association Victorian spokeswoman Karen Commisso did not think the bond between mother and baby would have been harmed by the brief mix-up. But such mistakes should never be allowed to happen, she said. 

"It should not have any long-term health effects, but it is very distressing for both mothers involved," she said. 

"If that's your first baby and she has her first feed from somebody else, you'd be pretty devastated." 

Ms Commisso said baby-friendly hospitals -- where mother and babies are not separated after birth -- should be adopted across the state to avoid mistakes.

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Janice Reynolds

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