By Chris Glorioso
A New Jersey mother is suing the hospital where she gave birth, claiming nurses gave her the wrong newborn to breastfeed.
Melissa Richman, 39, of Ridgewood, says The Valley Hospital failed to double-check identification bracelets when maternity ward staff retrieved her hours-old baby for a 4:30 a.m. feeding. Twenty minutes into breastfeeding the infant, Richman says the nurse came back with shocking news.
“She actually said there was a terrible mistake. This was not your baby.”
In their lawsuit against The Valley Hospital, Melissa Richman and her husband David say the breastfeeding mixup deprived their newborn daughter of colostrum, the nutrient-rich milk produced by a new mother in the hours immediately following childbirth.
Source: I-Team: Hospital Accused of Switched-at-Birth Breastfeeding Blunder in Lawsuit | NBC New York https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Breastfeeding-Mother-Given-Wrong-Newborn-Baby-Mix-Up-New-Jersey-Hospital-Lawsuit-413329873.html#ixzz4YHMhAMQ9
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