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“I just want everyone to know that this can happen. I don’t want it to happen to anyone else.” That’s what Elizabeth Dominguez, from New York, told The Denver Channel after she went through an experience that caused her to be separated from her newborn not long after giving birth. Dominguez said it started when she went into labor and was asked for a urine sample. When doctors arrived with the results, she was informed she tested positive for opiates. She said she called her husband, worried, saying, “How is this possible? I don’t do drugs?” But soon, she discovered the truth. It was all to blame on the bagel she ate before going into labor. The bagel in question was loaded with poppy seeds. Because the seeds are linked with the opioid plant – consuming large amounts of them can cause a person to test positive for those drugs. Unfortunately, though, for Dominquez, the damage was done, and the hospital was forced to call Child Protection Services until the situation was sorted out. So, moments after giving birth, she was forced to be separated from her new baby. “I felt absolutely horrible,” she said, according to the Denver Channel. “I felt like a terrible mother leaving him. I just want everyone to know that this could happen. It’s such a terrible thing, and I don’t want it to happen to anyone.”Later, it was confirmed through testing that she tested a false positive and mother and baby were reunited. This isn't the first time something like this has happened, check out a similar story in the video player below.