Father Expecting Quintuplets Told Shocking News In Delivery Room: There Are No Babies
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In my years working at two busy birthing centers, I thought I had seen it all, but this story completely shocks me. I can’t even imagine what the expectant father might be going through.
When Paul Servat, 35, took his girlfriend to the hospital, he could not have been prepared for the news he was about to receive. As he waited in the delivery room for news on the arrival of his set of quintuplets, the last thing he expected to hear was there are no babies, but that’s exactly what happened.
The disbelief must have been overwhelming, as his girlfriend not only duped him, but the entire community.
Barbara Bienvenue, 37, was supposedly pregnant with quintuplets for 34 weeks, but there weren’t five babies. In fact, there weren’t any babies or even a pregnancy. That didn’t stop this would-be mother-to-be from fooling her boyfriend, her entire town, and perhaps, maybe even herself.
The devastating blow of the loss and betrayal for the father is unfathomable. “We were so happy,” Servat said. “Even my parents, they were so looking forward to having grandchildren. I lost my whole life.”
According to Geneviève Laflamme, a friend of the couple, “The woman had told her boyfriend she was pregnant about a month after they met on an online dating site. At first, she said she was expecting twins. Then it changed to triplets and then quadruplets.” Apparently, the tale continued to grow to quintuplets and lasted for months – to the time of what should have been delivery.
While some people reason that Bienvenue may have experienced a phantom pregnancy, complete with a swollen stomach and possible milk production, friends and family have stated Bienvenue has a history of pulling similar stunts, including pretending to have cancer and lying about having twins.
Luckily, one good thing does seem to be coming from this incident. While she may not have needed maternity care, one thing is certain, she was in need of psychiatric care, which she is now receiving. “We learned the woman is receiving psychiatric care,” WRTV reported. Meanwhile, “her boyfriend is returning all the presents for the babies he could not wait to meet.”