| They do. And the balance of probabilities is that the urinalysis is more likely than not to be accurate (I don't know percentages). So as a mandated reporter, they did what they could. They gave multiple chances for retests. The results were consistent. A blood test four weeks prior to delivery would be a good start, but still leaves a window. There are two suboptimal possibilities at that point: 1) err on the side of the mother, who has failed (incorrectly as it may be) multiple drug tests and allow her to breastfeed her child, or 2) err on the side of the child, who is exhibiting symptoms that could point to NAS, bradycardia and the like, who is delivered by emergency C-section (so she would not have had the bonding experience immediately post partum, as it was, anyway) They did know the failure mode. They evaluated. They held off on calling CPS. They allowed contact after the baby's urinalysis. There is no negligence here. The father showing by their own words anecdotal forum posts and such is not reason for the hospital to say "Well, what do we know, here you go". |