I know this story is a little old, but in my opinion it did not get half as much coverage as it should have. About two weeks ago in one of the Carolinas a baby was born in a circus bathroom. The mother left the baby in toilet. There were 10,000 (estimated) circus goers that day, the police only hoped to find the mother of this baby boy who was suffering from hypothermia and almost drowned in the toilet.
That same day, a twenty four year old woman (a mother of one boy who is 4 now) turns herself in saying it was her baby. When questioned by Police on why she left her baby in the toilet, her defense? She claimed that she was not aware she was pregnant and she doesn't remember giving birth!
How the hell can you turn yourself in for something, then claim you had no clue what happened?? Seriously! what kind of person thinks that they can get away with that?? "hey guys! that baby you found? yeah its mine, but heres the thing, i don't recall being preggers and can't tell you that i remember having the thing either. Funny right?"
She is being convicted of Infant Abuse, and Infant Neglect, in convicted this will put her behind bars for 30 years.
I just find this utterly ridiculous, and her family is sticking up with her story!! i am not sure what she was thinking, or if she was thinking at all but....
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Maybe I am looking at this the wrong way... Maybe this young woman needs help, albeit a LOT of help, but she needs guidance and assistance. This woman may even be showing several different psychological defensive mechanisms, such as she may be blocking out a threatening memory or idea, this is repression. But i just dont understand her thinking in this situation at all. Even if she didn't remember having the baby, just look down you are attached to it by umbilical cord....
With revolutions happening across the pond, I choose one woman and her neglect of life in the very beginning stages of life to blog about in my very first blog... enjoy, or don't just read it.
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