Woman Smothers 8 Babies over 17 Years
 

I am digesting.

I have to wonder if postpartum depression is something that pertains to this (really, I have no idea. I'm not a professional).

It *feels* strange that she hid all the pregnancies. I don't know what would possess a human being to do this.

I don't know what it means that two of the babies were in the garden and the rest of the babies in plastic bins hidden in the garage.

The whole thing is too big for me to digest at once.

The first thing that jumps to mind is why not use birth control in the first place?

Especially after the first one.

Very weird story, will read some more and be back.

I agree that it feels really strange. I want it to be post partum or something explainable....

ow, that is tragic.....
 

it reeks of half truths and missing details.
i would have to hear more indepth investigative results before i could even begin to speculate on her mental state.

seems like she would be suffering from some kind of severe depression now if not before she started hiding her babies.

just when you think you have heard almost every bad thing a person can do.......
downright grizzly, i am sure all the gory details will be available soon.

i was living in Chicago when Jeffery Dahmer was on trial. they played the ENTIRE court proceeding on the radio. chilling.......

anyone want to start a pool on when this will be made into a lifetime movie?

This might have to be on HBO, they would have to clean it up for Lifetime.

Keeping babies safe is a modern thing, it has not always been that way.

tht is chilling in and of itself......
i would think keeping babies safe would be very important.

There was another case similar to this, but I can't remember the name. I do remember that the mother had killed about 7 of her babies, but it was Munchausen by Proxy. She let them live and then made them sick until they died.

I think they finally caught her by putting cameras in the hospital rooms.

Does anyone else remember that? Chilling.

i do remember something about that.....
gruesome..........

I read this report earlier today and it's been messing with my head ever since, especially since (in the article I read and will try to find) a police official said that there had been several other similar cases recently.

It's heartbreaking, disturbing, disgusting...so many things...

For me, it doesn't sound like post-partum depression. She was hiding her pregnancies every time...so much so that her husband is claiming that he didn't know his wife was pregnant with any of them. That's not post-partum...that's something else entirely...to start early enough to keep an entire pregnancy secret and then kill the infant, over and over and over and over again?

She also wasn't a very young woman who freaked out at the thought of motherhood...she was a mature woman with two daughters. She had had the experience of carrying a baby to term twice and raising those children. To me, that makes it even more chilling somehow.

There are a few missing details in the CNN version of this story.

For other French speakers here, I would check out Le Monde's articles on the story.

As for the birth control thing, in Le Monde it was stated that the reason she did not use birth control was because she has been afraid to see a doctor since after the birth of her first child. Apparently it was a very difficult and painful childbirth because of her size, and she had a history of weight problems. They are saying that this may be why she was able to hide her pregnancy from her husband and others in the community, though other members of the community say they saw less of her than her husband who was more active within the community and even a member of the municipal counsel. No one ever noticed anything strange.

http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/articl...3286_3224.html

Anyways, it's a pretty crazy case. I guess we'll see what the final ruling is.

I get Doctors being rude about weight, it happens to me...however, one can buy condoms in France. That is no excuse.

I agree that the media leaves out details to present things in the worst way possible.