A WOMAN who have birth to a baby girl had the shock of her life when she went home from hospital and changed its nappy for the first time - and discovered bumbling nurses had given her a boy instead.

Cristina Zahariuc, 35, from Horlesti in Iasi county, Romania, said she hadn't suspected a thing because the baby was handed over wearing the clothes she had provided.

"Only when I got home and I invited some friends and the baby's godparents to see her did I notice my girl had an penis. I was paralysed," she said.

Staff at Sfanta Maria Hospital said the mix-up was down to the babies having similar family names - Zahariuc and Zaharia - and were in neighbouring cots.

Ananova.com reports the girl's dad, Constantin Zahariuc, 38, said he was just relieved little Ana Maria eventually came home safe.

"It was very strange though. We were calling the hospital to tell them about the confusion and they were hanging up on us saying we should stop fooling around. They thought we were playing tricks on them," he said.

Hospital dimwits gave me the wrong baby | The Daily Telegraph

Also makes a person pause to wonder how often they get the gender right, and would the parent notice if they did ...

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