After giving birth, I refused to let the nurses take my baby to the nursery—but the next night, exhausted, I finally agreed. When I asked them to take her, a nurse turned pale and said, “She’s already there.” No one had come in. Hours later, I found my daughter in the nursery under a different name tag. They called it a “mistake,” but I knew better. A kind nurse later slipped me a note warning, “Be careful who you trust.” Months later, I learned a staff member had been caught switching newborn ID tags. I’ll never forget that lesson: trust your instincts—uniform or not.
