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08-04-2007, 08:23 PM
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This is not uncommon. Head to any parenting board or name board on the internet, and you will find someone pretending to be A) pregnant and/or B) pregnant with multiples.
I run a multiple births site and receive tons of fake info. People have doctored ultrasounds, birth certificates and sent me pics of other people's children claiming them as their own. I've come across the "dead baby" story so many times.
Most of the fakers are bored teenagers, or people who just want to troll in a weird way and get some attention. But some are honest-to-God nutcases, like the one woman pretended to have quads and befriended a lot of other multiple parents and women really expecting quads and she'd visit them in the hospital - but no one ever saw her kids. She even contacted a real estate agent and went house hunting for her non-existent family.
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This kind of thing is so sad to me--especially when it turns into those cases like you see on Oprah where women contact and promise families babies over adoption sites (one reason you should NEVER try to adopt online!! Buying books online? Great...trying to pick out a baby online? Not s'much) but were never really pregnant to begin with and then they claim that they had a miscarriage. It's just...really, really sick.
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08-04-2007, 08:31 PM
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This kind of thing is so sad to me--especially when it turns into those cases like you see on Oprah where women contact and promise families babies over adoption sites (one reason you should NEVER try to adopt online!! Buying books online? Great...trying to pick out a baby online? Not s'much) but were never really pregnant to begin with and then they claim that they had a miscarriage. It's just...really, really sick.
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Or they do worse than claim to have miscarriages...
They kidnap a newborn...or even more horrific...they kidnap a "not yet born" from the mother's body....
Did you see the one in Missouri....recently...they had the pregnant mother tied up in a hotel room, when the police broke in. (one got cold feet and called the cops)
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08-04-2007, 08:55 PM
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This is so freaky. I can't believe there are really people in the world that do this. We live in a really messed up society!!! 
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08-04-2007, 08:58 PM
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My goodness...when I was in college all the girls I knew were trying their darnest NOT to get pregnant!! 
This is CRAZY!!
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08-05-2007, 12:37 AM
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It's called pseudocyesis
It can happen but very rare. Modulation of hormones can give a woman the appearance of pregnancy. However, the ultrasound would show differently.
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08-06-2007, 08:48 AM
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Wow.
I guess I'm most surprised that she got padding. But then again in the past year I have come across 2 people who have lied about being pregnant. One even went as far as to post pictures of said baby the other claimed to give birth and gave it up for adoption. Damn shame if you ask me.
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08-07-2007, 09:25 PM
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Oh man, what a story!
The dudes look HILARIOUS. The girl, let's just say that her "twins" were not even big enough to fake being pregnant for real!
I have been forwarding this to everyone I know. The little dude with the blue shirt makes me laugh the most of all...
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08-08-2007, 04:20 AM
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Oh man, what a story!
The dudes look HILARIOUS. The girl, let's just say that her "twins" were not even big enough to fake being pregnant for real!
I have been forwarding this to everyone I know. The little dude with the blue shirt makes me laugh the most of all...
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Some people's "twins" don't grow at all during pregnancy, and only get larger once their milk supply comes in, up to a week after delivery.
Just so you know, snarkbait.
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