Doctors and nurses of Reddit who have delivered babies to mothers who clearly cheated on their husbands.

What was that like? We had a very sweet, blonde-haired, blue-eyed mom and dad, along with their

entire extended family in the room for a delivery one busy afternoon at work. Think aunts, uncles,

cousins, grandma and grandpa too. The baby's born and as the doctor places her on the

mom's chest, the first words out of her mouth are, that's not my baby. That's not my baby. The baby in

question, still attached at the umbilical cord, has beautiful, dark, curly black hair and dark skin.

The nurse looks at her and tells her that this is definitely her baby because

she's still attached to you. And she not so quietly tells the nurse, there's no way. I never

slept with a black man. It's not mine. The father is standing there silent, not sure what to do.

A long awkward silence fills the room. We clean her and the

baby up as cheerfully as we can. We see the extended family filter out of the room and the father

leaves to get a cigarette. About 10 minutes later, a tall black guy walks up to our front desk

asking how to get to the patient in question's room. Okay, I am a nurse, but this story isn't about a birth I witnessed.

It was my own birth.

And although my mother definitely didn't cheat, all the midwives were convinced she had.

For background, my mother's white and got married young to another white guy.

Actually, forced to by my grandparents who were horrified since she was living in sin.

Their relationship petered out and they separated, but remained very good friends.

Then she met my father, a black man, and began a relationship with him.

Mum was still married at the time.

Neither her nor her husband were in a hurry to get divorced, and he became good friends with

Mum's new partner, my dad.

...