I’ve known a few people I suspected were lying about pregnancies and all of them had tragic late miscarriages or stillbirths. I would have legit freaked out if one showed up with a real live baby!
I understand Super Tmo and sf618b that people steal other baby, it is although it is sad when they fake or steal another child, that I still cannot or get my mind around it but the horror of taking the child's mother life goes beyond reason.
My first experience of hearing about this was a case of a woman who snatched a child from hospital was in a magazine in the 80's. The woman explained why,she had constant losses she had a partner who a daughter from first marriage she felt she was failing him I believe the crime was commited in the 1970's. She explained in the article how she convinced everyone over 9 months etc
My Grandparents chattered about the article with me. My Grandmother said she knew cases like this ,in her time as a young woman she called it " Mother Hunger."
I did not know at the time later found out a family secret, my grandfather had "married" before during the war, however he was haul into the court over the fact he found out that his first wife birth certificate was not correct, she had used her half sibling birth certificate who had been born 10 months before her, different date and had died at 4 years. Hence Grand Dad marriage was not legal
Sadly they past away would loved to have talked to them about it,yet I could understand why the first wife did it, She was trying to cover the fact she was illegitimate, her half sibling was from her Father marriage
I lost a child late in term some years ago, a close friend and a family member were both expect had their child soon after my child would have been due date. one one month later(Family member) living interstate and close friend who gave birth two months later.
When I visited the friend in hospital to her and the baby she reserved a special moment of me taking photos the little one first bath, sharing the moment it was a beautiful moment I cherish it..
But people reaction of my feelings towards the bub were really well I don't know how to express it even after all these years. My friend's Mother twice snatched the little one out of my arms and for entire year would be hovering around watching as a I played with my friend's older children. She stopped it after I blew a Rasberry at her, childish but I felt much better
Well, my Grand parents( I know they were pretty blunt about) they grilled me, how did I feel ,did I not want to take the baby home etc They kept at it for over an hour,before I snapped I told them bluntly that the child was not mine, my child was gone and it cannot be replaced . My grandmother stated to her hubby."Yep Shadow is fine, she past first stage of grief, good hold of reality. No Mother Hunger " I wondered she helped in a hospital as a young woman I wonder if there had been an incident.
Hunger, she would say people when faced with it can do unspeakable things which has been shown through history to survive . But Mother Hunger( Nanna described) was far more dangerous, a person would go beyond any reason, cruel desception to believe they can do and get away with the act of stealing a child and being totally ruthless about it.
Now families grieve over a cruel selfish act, children grow up without Mother from an act of unspeakable betrayal.
This crime is beyond words to express nor can there be enough words to help heal the sorrow of a grieving family.