Woman says hospital stole baby

[Nova]

It's a badly written article, but I assumed "showing him the empty womb" meant showing him a photo or ultrasound, not the actual organ.

Speaking of badly written, where are the pictures of the ultrasounds? Why no mention of whether she felt the baby moving at any time before the c-section? I realize there are special cases, but surely the reporter asked?

 

[oh_gal]

I call shenanigans on the woman and her husband - the doctors "showed him the empty womb"?????

NOT

My BIL's son's wife did this. Insisted she was pregnant, right up until the end when she went to the hospital to deliver, and viola! No baby....I have no idea what she thought was going to happen at the hospital (divine intervention, maybe?)...we still aren't sure if she ever was pregnant to begin with (did she have a miscarriage, and just didn't know it? Or was this her plan for marriage all along? The didn't get married till she said she was "pregnant.")

 

[katydid23]

But if she had already given birth, wouldn't the doctors be bale to see that? I don't think they could have sold the baby themselves and then gone to the hospital/

And if she had miscarried that late in the pregnancy, the child would still be there. The body does not disappear. Sadly, you have to 'give birth' to the deceased child. It is a heartbreaking process.

 

[justanother]

Wow. What a strange story.

 

[txsvicki]

Could the clinic that gave prenatal care just been telling her she was pregnant to get $?

 

[Skagirl]

Could the clinic that gave prenatal care just been telling her she was pregnant to get $?

I think that could be very possible. I also don't think it's impossible that someone had a deal to sell a newborn baby(it's not any crazier than the women who have lied about being pregnant and then killed a pregnant woman and cut the baby out of her)--there's two reasons I think the couple isn't just making this up:1)the woman wanted her husband to be there for the delivery, but no one ever got ahold of him to be there in time and 2) I find it interesting that the doctor who provided pre-natal care to her is willing to side with the couple as a witness for their lawsuit--why isn't he agreeing with the other staff at the hospital?

 

[CarmelEyesD]

wouldnt she have a copy of a scan done? Or wouldn't there be hospital/doctor/clinic copies?

 

[mom2six]

If she was not pregnant and they still performed a cesarean, then that would be a case for assault and criminal charges should be pursued. I can't discern what the heck is going on here, but any way you look at it, this hospital is negligent.

 

[wfgodot]

Story has spread widely but is limited to blog sites and forums, in the main. New York Daily news, another tabloid, carried it. Every appearance seems accompanied by the same set of "facts" contained in the original report. I can find nothing new from a Brazilian source either.