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Oh France!

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Kay????

Kay???? Report 29 Jul 2010 21:20

Do you think its really possible to ever conceal 8 pregancies from a husband?

I find it incredible...8.!!!was he not up with whats what.

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 29 Jul 2010 21:31

Kay, I only heard the tale end of that news bulletin, were they full term babies?

TeresaW

TeresaW Report 29 Jul 2010 21:34

The police said she 'had a rather large body' but surely...eight times...he must have caught her giving birth to at least one of them FGS.

Researching:
Lovell, Morse, Baker, Duval, Mortlock, Gibbs and Bristow.

Kay????

Kay???? Report 29 Jul 2010 21:34

I dont know 100%Ann,reports sugest so but?!!

Thats what I find hard to get by T,,,,,how did she conceal actual births?did she go away and bring them mites back home,was they all day births?......

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 29 Jul 2010 23:10

Just read a bit about the incident, they are saying 2 seperate finds in same village in 2 houses belonging to the same couple.

According to the article the couple in question have been in the village since 1997??............So 8 children since then??? she is a grandmother am i right
Ann

Kay????

Kay???? Report 29 Jul 2010 23:23

Ann news said she lived in the area all her life ,just moved houses a few years ago,,,
2 babies at one house and 6 at this one,,,,this was a cruel woman for sure,whethe she suffers from something its not been reported,,,

Cooper

Cooper Report 30 Jul 2010 06:26

Morning Ann and Kay,
I have just seen this thread and saw the news last night and was very puzzled how she managed to do what she did and deeply saddened about the poor little babies.

It is possible for Women to conceal pregnancies especially if they are larger and it can happen with women who have very good muscle tone who barely look any bigger even later in pregnacy.

I suppose there are several ways in which the husband may not have known. It said on the news that she was a Nurse but not if she was also a trained Midwife as well.
I do not know how the Nurse training is carried out in France. Some Countries have combined Nurse/Midwifery training unlike in UK where it is mainly done separately.
If she was not a trained Midwife she may have had basic knowledge of how to perform a delivery.
How did she cope with the pain? 8 times over without any one knowing or did she have access to drugs.
Some times people dont always acknowledge what is happening in front of them who knows what the husband and wifes relationship was like.

Im sure that someone in our house would question why the garden was being dug up!!!!!
And why did her OH not have access to the garage where the por little mites were found?????

I expect we will never know.

Prayers and RIP babies.

Teresa

Researching:
Helm Tappenden, Kitchen/Kitchin,(London) Cantwell (southern Ireland)