When I saw this article today it sent chills up my spine....why in the world did this woman not let her family know she was pregnant? Now there is not only 1 life gone but 4?!?! How did her spouse not be aware... and her mother? Mom always knows when something is wrong with her children...right? They say the triplets were full term and she always used the excuse that she was gaining weight...come on family...pay more attention to warning signs.
She obviously needed help and I know some of you are saying how can you help someone unless they ask for it. Hmmm...my answer is this...sometimes we have to offer it before they ask for it because like in this instance...some never will.
What if she suffered some sort of mental breakdown or what if there was abuse involved or she knew something that caused her fear to be so great that it paralyzed her...something was wrong and for 9 months her own family did not see it! I know this does not relate to sexual abuse or assault but in an indirect way it does....this is how we as a society treat victims on a day to day basis...we ignore the warning signs and fail to get them the help they need before it is everlasting to late.
Wake up people and start paying more attention to your families, loved ones and others...someone is crying out for help right now and my question to you is....are you listening?
Police: Woman hid triplet pregnancy, died in birth 2/3/2010 1:13:00 PM
Associated Press/AP Online
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN
SHELTON, Conn. - A Connecticut woman hid from her husband and other family members that she was carrying triplets, then bled to death while delivering the full-term but stillborn babies in her home, officials said Wednesday.
Shelton police detective Ben Trabka said he believes 26-year-old Victoria Hope denied being pregnant and instead gave medical reasons "why she had put on weight."
Hope did not disclose her pregnancy to anyone police spoke to, including the father of her children, Trabka said. The father suspected she was pregnant but she denied it, and police do not know why she hid her condition.
It wasn't clear whether the woman knew she was carrying triplets before giving birth Tuesday. Her father, William Hope, acknowledged Wednesday that his daughter was "big" and said he doesn't know why she hid her pregnancy.
"That's going to be the question we'll never have an answer for," he said.
The cause of death was loss of blood during unattended childbirth, the chief medical examiner's office said Wednesday. The three babies were stillborn.
The woman's mother found her daughter and the triplets and called police, authorities said. The woman and babies were dead when police arrived; police said it appeared the triplets were carried to full term.
Frances Hope, who with her husband lived with their daughter and her family, said she suspected her daughter was pregnant but did not know for sure. She said she did not know how far along her daughter was in her pregnancy.
Foul play is not suspected, Trabka said. Victoria Hope and her husband also have a 6-year-old son, as well as a 2-year-old daughter, who was at home in a crib when the woman died, he said.
"It's sad," Trabka said. It's a real tragedy."
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Associated Press writer Stephen Singer in Hartford, Conn., contributed to this
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