Baby Switching Can Happen!

A mother’s worst nightmare!

JJ Sum
5 min readJun 5, 2021
Photo by Kristina Paukshtite from Pexels

Most of us may have heard of baby switching cases but not many of us have seen such a devastating situation in reality.

Growing up at my grandma’s, we used to watch TV dramas together with my siblings and cousins.

Most of them were about poor and rich families whose babies were switched at birth.

Usually, it would have a storyline that goes like this.

One child grew up with a wealthy family but ungrateful and always look for something she could not even understand, and another grew up in a slum area yet always satisfied with the little that she has.

Oh now, I remember the Mexican drama called, Marimar.

But today, the story I would like to share is about the first-ever documented baby switching case in the Philippines that went viral and controversial just a few months ago.

An Angel was born

On January 18, 2021, Aprhil Sifiata gave birth to a bouncing baby boy.

Being a first-time mom, she could not describe how happy she was the second she had laid her eyes on her newborn son.

She even requested to take a photo of her holding the baby on her tummy.

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JJ Sum
JJ Sum

Written by JJ Sum

A wife, mom of 3, & a TEFL certified tutor. I write about Mothering, Family, Relationships, Remote work topics, and Trending matters.

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