Would you give birth in a hospital?
I know thats a pretty obvious question, but there have been cases of where babies have been switched [ it apperentally happens a lot every year ] so, if you were to take care, love, and feed a baby that you have had for 2 years, and then its real parents came to you to ask to switch since they have yours, would you switch?

I would, because then you will always wonder about your real baby. And then it will be all screwed up, and such.

Refrence - I heard this from the John and Jeff show I listen to on radio. I listen to them now on the internet though, since I am not in California anymore. [ and I know, I shouldn't trust everything I hear on the radio. ]

Spoon time!
Would you give birth in a hospital?
Would you give back a baby that you took care of to its real parents for your real baby?

Note: My mom gave birth to me in a bathtub by the way! I know, sounds weird, but its like, my mom baths all the time, so it was like taking an awesome bath and all of a sudden, I was born! Then she said she did baby yoga on me o__O' At first I was like "WTF" now Im like "Cool".

I don’t want to give birth in a hospital because I hate being in hospitals to begin with. I also want the birthing process to be as natural as possible. I think it all depends on the person though. For me, I just don’t think I’d be comfortable since I don’t believe in medications or anything like that unless it’s truly severe.

I also don’t like the fact that things like having children switched when they’re born happens. I wouldn’t know what to do if that happened. On one side, I would have had the baby that wasn’t mind for 2 years so I would get very attached to it and wouldn’t want to give it back, but on the other side I would want to have my own child back.

Unless something goes terribly, terribly wrong, I'm never having my children in the hospital. Sometimes you get lucky, but in general, hosuital birthing practices are really bad. Almost everything a hospital does durinw a birth makes the mother nervo÷s, which in tur~ causes the birth to proceed mowe slowly, or to4shut down tempoóarily. There are a lot of unnecessary cesareansôbecause of that> It's just, egh~ bad. Give me a4midwife, my partner, my own homí, and I'm good to go.

Sorry ïs that comes off as ranty or antagonistic; it's`a subject I'm rgally passionate£about. My mothe~ has done a lot of research on ~he issue (even wrote a couple books about it o__o) and had all her kids at home, so I've been learning about it ever since I was little.

I like hospitals, and anything related to medicin. But I wouldn't want to give birth there( if I ever do), because with so many patients and everything, there's a lot of bacteria going around, and so hospitals are good places for antibiocit-immune bacteria to grow( for those taking biology).
If I do give birth in a hospital and my child is switched with another...well I guess I would decide what to do depending on the child. I hate chilren, even though I get along great with most, because there are always these little brats.
hm..I'll have to think about this some more *not getting any sleep tonight*

Honestly I wouldn't really mind.

I was there when my mum gave birth to my little brother who is ten years younger than me.

She didn't seem to be too nervous or anything. She actually seemed quite fine and happy but6 probably because they injected heaps of drugs into her but if they didn't my brother would of died.

He was late by a lot. I can't remember by how much.

And I like hospitals! They give you jelly and cookies! :mrgreen:

I wouldn't mind giving birth in a hospital.

If you're doped up on drugs, then yes, things will go much more...blandly. If you're in a hospital but not on drugs though, it can be a recipe for anxiety. I saw my niece born, which very informative in that regard. They we full, so my sister-in-law didn't get a proper birth room. The nurses changed, we didn't know any of them, and I don't even remember if there was a doctor involved. The bring in unnecessary machines that beep and make you nervous. The moment anything goes less that perfectly, they immediately want to pump you full of drugs or give you some procedure or other. Because the mother is in intense pain and not always in her right mind, she is vulnerable and susceptible to doctors who don't want to respect her wishes.

Of course, that's not always the case, and sometimes a hospital is required, but those things can and do happen all the time and far too often.

I would probably have to give birth in a hospital...The last three generations of women in my family have had birthing issues. If I really felt nervous about the child being mine or not, I would just have a patirnity test done. I doubt it would happen to me though. I live in a pretty small county. If I found out my child was not mine even if I didn't want to I would have to give the child to his or her real parents because the real parents will win if the case was taken to court, ya know? I wouldn't have a chance so why not make it as painless as possible and give the child up and maybe give visitation to the other parents? As long as they gave me visitation.

I think I'll have to give birth in a hospital. My mother almost had to have a C-section when I was born, not to mention many other complications that arose during the pregnancy itself. For the health of my baby, I would choose to give birth in a hospital. Even if it does get switched, at least it will have been born.

I would give birth in a hospital mostly due to the fact lots of things can go wrong and I want all the drugs I can get. D; I don't really want to think about giving birth really... it's a bit of a back and forth issue with me. I want to have my own children, with my husband. But at the same time I don't want to go through the pain of labor. Which is probably why I would insist upon a Cesarean Section birth and preferably be knocked out during the whole process. xD

I wouldn't really worry about my baby being switched... >.> They take lots of precautions to prevent that from happening. There have only been a handful of cases world wide. The probability of that happening to me is next to nothing. 0.o

If it did happen.... I'd obviously look after the baby until the truth came out about it. And then depending on how old the child was I might consider getting in touch with the other set of parents to "switch back". However, if the child was five years or older, I wouldn't suggest an actual switch as it were. Maybe become good friends, so that both families practically become one would be a good alternative. As much as I would want my own child back, I wouldn't want to rip them away from the family they've been raised by and have grown to love. 0.0;;

That's scary, reading all these posts. :'0 I don't want kids, so I don't think I have to worry about it, but still. What if my parents aren't really my real parents? xD Haha, jk. I look a lot like them.

If that did happen to me though, I would want to keep the child that I had been raising, you know? Because I don't even know my real kid and I had been raising the other like he/she was my own. >__< But I'd want to become friends with the other family so I could still see my real kid. xD

I would never have my children in a hospital.


I hate hospitals and doctors they're only there if i really need them like if i brake something.

Hehe My mom had me on her bed
:3
And my little sister was born in a tub too

Yay water births.

ooo and my nephew was water birthed.

anyways.....

Wow that's a tough choice. ...I think I watched a korean drama about this. xD It was Autumn Story, and it was so sad because the children that got switched were from a poorer family and a richer family, so of course the one who was supposed to be rich became all jealous and mean when she found out. But then the other girl was so sweet. And it was all so sad.

Anywho, I'm never having children. Don't like them. Don't want them. I have not a mothering instinct in my body. Thus, the question of where I would give birth to my kids is irrelevant to me. xD

...but if that ever did change, I would probably go to a hospital just because I wouldn't know what to do otherwise.

I had both of my kids in the same hospital and I know they are mine. If the nurses are careful and do the things they are supposed to do, the babies won't get switched. I think I knew a woman who got switched at birth though. She was in her 30's and had to go in for surgery, when they did her blood type, she found out that she didn't have the same type as either of her parents. If they are both your biological parents, you have to have the same type as one of them. Her parents swore that she wasn't adopted and her mother hadn't been sleeping with anyone else and she hadn't been born before they were married so, if they were being truthful, what other explanation is there? As far as giving a child I have cared for all of his or her life, I don't think it would be fair to the child to send him or her off to live with a stranger, I would probably allow the biological parents to have contact but not give the child to them. The same would go for my own biological child, I wouldn't expect the child to be ripped away from the only parents he or she had known since birth but, I might want to keep in contact.

You were born in a sweet way. x)

well i would give birth in a hospital if it turned out that way but i dont really care... but no way would i switch children if i found out... i mean you get attached... if i liked the real parents they could visit and be a part of there life and maybe me apart of my real childs life... but i dont know them... so i dont really care... in my eyes the one i truly love and care for is the one i have spent time with and shared memories...anyway its not fair to the child to just switch them like that... also think even if the child isnt old enough to know you... you still get attached...

they say blood is thicker then water... but i think its the other way... i think friendship is my choice over blood any day~ that dosent mean i dont like family sometimes tho... but really my mom is the only one in my family i care for...we are friends~ im happy i never see the rest of them anymore~:3

Ahh! No childbirth pour moi, s'il-vous-plait! D: I don't even really want children, and I most definitely do not want to birth one myself. >>; Nine months of boo and then several hours of ahhhh? nothx. :C

But anyway. I guess if I had to, I'd... I dunno. I'm cool with hospital births, wotev. I'd go to a hospital, probably. xD It just seems easiest...

I was born in a hospital, as far as I know. o_o;

I wouldn't want to switch the kids. I've had this kid for two years, dude! I'd most definitely want to keep in contact with that family, though. P:

God forbid if I ever have kids I would probably have em in the hospital. First, there's meds, two there's meds, and three I would be damn sure to see the baby before it was taken away.
When mom had me I came right out and all the doc had to do was catch and I doubt she could've mixed me with another baby for a second. I had a full head of hair, dimples *still do*, steel blue eyes *those changed*, and when she had a hold of me I smiled up at her.
So yes, there's the risk of getting babies mixed up in the hospital but sanitary conditions, doctors, and medical machines are better to have around in case something goes wrong with the pregnancy process.

I don't want to give birth to kids full stop.
English hospitals are infamous for their unclenliness, and all the 'superbugs' such as MRSA you can catch, simply by visiting a hospital.
I'd prefer a home birth, or a very clean hospital.

I don't want to give birth at all. x__x It creeps me out.

If I did though, it would definitely be in a hospital because that would be the safest and most painless way. If I raised a baby that had been switched with mine, I doubt I would want to switch back with the other parents, and I doubt they would want to switch back with me either. Anyone would get attached to a child they raised and thought was their own.

Should I ever decide to have children of my own, I would definitely be having them in a hospital. If something were to go wrong with either myself or the baby, I would much rather be happier knowing that there are plenty of people around me to help.

I would be horribly uncomfortable at home with only my spouse (should he be there) and maybe a doctor. Plus, I don't want to have to take care of the after mess XD

Due to the fact that it seems complications run in my family, yes, I will have my children in a hospital.

For example, it runs in my family that multiple eggs are released upon ovulations, increasing the chaces of having twins. My grandmother had 2 sets of twins. Unfortunately, he first set didn't survive. One was born dead and the other died after being a couple hours old.

My mother has a heart shaped uterus and I don't know if that is something hereditory. But it disallowed my mother to have all three of her children (including me) turn in the last month and my sister and I were both born breech. So we were all emegancy C-section. My mother also had my brother who was premature do to the fact he had the umbilical cord wraped 5 times around his neck and once around his ankle.

with those odds, I'm going to a bloody hospital.

Well, I am not giving birth at all, so maybe I'm not one to judge...pregnancy and birth freak me out, I'm not that fond of kids, and if I do ever decide I want a family, I've always planned on adopting (but I'm already 30 and the maternal instinct hasn't kicked in yet, so it's not looking good. *lol*).

That said, I think I'd prefer a hospital - I've had good experiences with my regular doctor, my regular gynecologist, and the couple times I've had to be in the hospital (not giving birth, of course, but I was still impressed with my treatment). And my best friend has had three kids in the hospital, and it's always gone well. I'm always so worried about something going wrong, I'd just feel more comfortable somewhere there are specialists and emergency equipment if it's necessary.

Were I to go out of my mind and actually WANT kids, and were I to go further out of my mind and want to give birth to them (as opposed to adoption), yes, I would do it in a hospital. It seems far too dangerous for me to do it at home or something. If something went wrong with the baby, there wouldn't be all that medicine and equipment there to help make it better.
But then again, maybe I watch too much Discovery Health Channel. I know those things aren't common.

And if my baby did get switched, no, I wouldn't want to give the one I had been raising up. Yes, the other baby would be my flesh and blood. But I wouldn't know that baby. The one I had been raising, I would have spent the last two years taking care of and loving. And that's what makes your child your child. But I would try to arrange something with my birth child's parents so that we could both visit with our kids and see them frequently. But no way would I just hand over the little girl or boy I had been with for two years.

I would never give birth anywhere but a hospital. I don't care if there's 'bacteria', there's bacteria everywhere, and in water births, having the baby come out of an open vagina means water will rush in and if there's anything in the water, it'll get in and up there and cause an infection. Ew, I don't want to take care of a baby and an infected vagina.

I trust doctors, and their capability, I'd do it naturally, even if it felt like I was shitting a brick, I'd be in there, in my hospital, pushing the little hellspawn out. Plus if there's anything wrong with it, it'll get help faster.

I would definitely want to give birth in a hospital. I have seen some videos of child birth and I realize how painful it really is. I won't say that I have no tolerance for pain, because I do, but if I could prevent myself from feeling pain I would. With a hospital I will be surrounded by trained medical staff and I could have an epidural. Also if there are any unseen complications it can be dealt with immediately.

If I was ever stuck in the situation where my child's real birth parents approached me I would be overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions. It would be such a big shock and I wouldn't know what to do at first. I can't even start to think about what I would actually choose to do, I will probably take my time and talk to lots of people about it. After two years that child will really feel like mine, but I would be VERY curious about what my birth child was like.