(CNN) For most, the birth of your child is a moment you will never forget.

What was supposed to be a time of celebration turned into a nightmare for one Tennessee family.

During the family's hospital stay, their newborn was mistaken for another child and surgery was performed on him.

The Melton family delivered a healthy baby boy named, Nate, at the University Medical Center in Lebanon, near Nashville. Soon after his birth, Jennifer Melton, Nate's mother, thought he was going for a routine checkup. But when he was returned she broke down crying hysterically when she found out what happened to her baby.

"The nurse started to mention the procedure they had done that they had clipped his tongue," Melton told CNN affiliate WTVF.

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