"He Looked Back At Her And Said, 'Well, That's That, Brittany'": People Are Exposing The Awkward Delivery Room Moments When The 'Dad' Realized The Baby Wasn't His
"He says quietly, 'I don't think this is my baby.' You could tell he was absolutely devastated."
1."My ex-girlfriend delivered that wasn't mine. She was 16, I was 15. I was under the impression that this kid was mine, and it was time to be an adult. I took all the classes, read the books, and worked every night/weekend to save whatever money I could. When my ex was asleep, a nurse came into the room and beckoned me out. She stated that she was at risk of losing her job, but she needed to tell me the kid was not mine. She said it wasn't obvious that early on, but over the next few weeks, it would become clear that the baby was mixed. Since both of us were white, it was a high probability that it wasn't mine..."
2."This guy had three kids and came in for the snip-snip (vasectomy) because he and his wife decided they were done having children. The doc opened up his sack and found nothing to snip. This guy was born without the ability to have any children. The poor doctor had to explain to him that his children were not biologically his."
3."I worked in an army hospital. A woman came in for belly pain, and we found out she was 10 weeks pregnant. The husband at the bedside started laughing, grabbed his coat, and left the room, explaining to us that he had been in Afghanistan until three weeks prior. He looked back at her and just said, 'Well, that’s that, Brittany.' I always liked how classily he left her while she just silently stared off into space."
4."I know a girl who was pregnant with her boyfriend's best friend's baby. He found out there was a possibility about a week before she gave birth. I went up to see her once he was born, and he looked just like the friend — there was no question. I broke the news to her boyfriend, and he was absolutely devastated. His parents were heartbroken and super pissed. They had bought the girl everything she needed, including a $500 car seat/stroller set. She refused to give anything back. She started up a relationship with the friend immediately after having their child, and they're still together a decade later. But the kicker for me has always been that the boyfriend and best friend were next-door neighbors. She moved into his house after coming home from the hospital. So her ex-boyfriend and his family had to see them basically every day, raising this child that they had believed to be his for the entire pregnancy. I can't even imagine."
5.I worked as a lab tech before I became a nurse. We had a set of twins in the NICU that were super early, and the mom was still in the OR getting sewn up from the caesarean. I was drawing baby B’s blood when mom was wheeled over to baby A. She was crying and said, 'Oh, thank god, I have been so worried the last seven months.' So, newborn babies, especially when they’re born early, are very pink, almost red. So if a baby were part-Black, their skin isn’t necessarily dark yet. Looking at these babies, it was obvious to me they were going to be Black. The shape of the face, the texture of the hair, etc. A few weeks later, my NICU nurse friend said there was a huge fight because the mom’s husband (white guy) noticed the babies were half Black and the mom had cheated on him. The real dad (Black guy) came in and didn’t realize the mom was even married."
6."Had a college buddy whose fiancé was pregnant. They were the 'perfect couple,' both had just over a year with great careers starting out, everything was butterflies and rainbows. Fast forward to the delivery room and out comes a very Black baby. He's quite the pale redhead, and she's a blonde/blue-eyed Texas girl. He made sure everyone was okay, waited for her parents to arrive, and left without saying a word. He moved all his stuff out of the house while she was in the hospital, and cut off all communications with her — just walked out of their lives in the most stone-cold act I'd ever seen. They were together for nine years, and he just left cold turkey. She tried to contact him at his job a few times, but he quickly moved up the ladder and eventually got a job in another city. He told me once that he took solace in the fact that her family had already dropped about ten thousand dollars in a wedding that never happened."
7."I used to work with a guy whose wife was pregnant. Near the time of her delivery, we had a big party for him with gifts, money, etc. So the big day comes, her water breaks, and on the way to the hospital, the wife breaks the news. Not only is the kid not his, but she asks if he could drop her off at the hospital and then leave. He took a few days off work, found a new apartment, moved out, filed for divorce, etc. On his first day back, I walked into the office he shared with six to seven other guys and said, 'Hey, hey, Daddio, how’s fatherhood so far? Getting any sleep? Got some pictures? Let’s see the little tike!' He slowly lifted his head to look at me with a painful look. The room was dead silent. One of his workmates stood up, grabbed my arm, and walked me out of the room. When he told me what happened, I felt horrible. I still feel bad for the dude, and it’s been 30 years."
8."I used to work in the newborn nursery at a hospital. We got the babies right from delivery, cleaned them up, footprinted them, checked vitals, etc. Dads usually came in with the newborns. This dad comes in with this baby. The dad is white, the mom is white, and the baby is very obviously not white. The dad was very quiet, standing next to the baby, watching us clean it up. He says quietly, 'I don't think this is my baby.' You could tell he was absolutely devastated."
9."Happened to my fiancé's mom. His mom is a labor and delivery nurse. One time, she had a patient whose parents were present during her stay at the hospital. The staff there have a whiteboard with some general information about the patients, like blood type, time spent in the wing, and how far along. This information is nameless for HIPAA reasons and instead has the patient's number. So this patient happened to be the only one in the wing at the time. Her father was walking back from the cafeteria at one point and noticed the board. He stopped one of the nurses and asked if the blood type for the patient on the board was correct (he knew his daughter was the only patient there). It was B+. The nurse confirmed it was correct. Turns out he knew his and his wife's blood type. He was O+ and his wife was A-. This combination will never yield a B+ baby. He brings his wife out and just points at the board, and this look of shock washes over her."
10."A friend of mine got pregnant in high school. She claimed it was our local doctor’s son’s kid, so he agreed to deliver his grandchild for free. The child was delivered, and it was obviously half Black. The doctor’s son and the girl were both white. I think he still delivered it for free as he was relieved his 14-year-old son wasn’t a dad."
11."My best friend was dating a girl and knocked her up. They got engaged and planned to get married right after the baby was born. There were about 10 of us in the waiting room. After sitting there for about two hours, he walks out with a smirk on his face and says, 'Let's go.' We all thought something horrible had happened. Her friends ask how the baby is, and he said, 'Fine, but Black.' My friend and his ex-fiancée were white. We literally moved him out of his apartment and into my spare bedroom in like an hour, tops."
12.And lastly: "This happened to a friend of mine, but not in the way you’re trolling for! They underwent IVF, and somehow the embryos got mixed up. Not dad’s, nor mom’s, nor the egg donor’s."
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