New Mom Says She Was Handed The Wrong Newborn At The Hospital: 'Never In A Million Years'

A new mom in the UK shared on TikTok how she was handed the wrong newborn baby while in the hospital.

Maisie Beth revealed online how she noticed the infant she was cuddling with wasn't her own because she birthed a baby girl, and when she attempted to change the diaper, she saw immediately that it was a boy.

Beth, who is from Poole, England, posted the video on TikTok with the caption, "My newborn baby was swapped at birth??? a true story time."

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"Never in a million years did I think this was something I'd have to worry about, but yes, it did actually happen to us," Beth said.

Beth, 22, gave birth to daughter Isabella in September 2023. The infant was placed in a nursery down the hall for photo-therapy treatments. On night two in the hospital, Beth revealed "the unthinkable happened."

Nurses asked her to come into the office, where they said they had Isabella, which Beth said raised "a few red flags just because I was told she wasn't allowed out of her photo-therapy lamp."

Despite any uneasiness, she returned to her hospital room with the baby presented to her. The nurses asked her to change Isabella's diaper and get her dressed when Beth realized the shocking discovery.

"When I tell you I nearly had a heart attack," Beth said. "I picked up the baby and I stormed into the office. All I saw was red and I was demanding for them to tell me where Isabella was because this was not my baby."

The hospital said the mixup was because Beth looked "identical" to the other infant's mom.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Poole Hospital, called the incident "isolated" in a statement to BBC.

"We deeply regret any distress that was caused and have reached out to the mother to offer her support," Lorraine Tonge, director of midwifery at University Hospitals Dorset said. "We would urge her to get back in touch with us to assist us in our investigation."