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Oct 2023
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S18 Ep7: (6/7) [Amy S. + Audrey] Birth F...

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*Content Warning: death, fraud, stillbirth, pregnancy loss, infant loss, doula fraud, sexual assault, rape, false reporting, blood, medical trauma, medical fraud, factitious disorder, birthing fetish, psychological violence. 


*Sources:

Info on Pseudocyesis (sometimes also referred to as “hysterical pregnancy: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24255-pseudocyesis via Cleveland Clinic


Info on Factitious disorder (sometimes also referred to as “Munchausen syndrome”): https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356028 via Mayo Clinic 


Info on Fetishism: https://www.britannica.com/science/fetishism-psychology via Britannica 


The Pregnancy Was the Con: How One Woman Allegedly Tricked Countless Doulas Into Helping Deliver a Fake Baby, Cosmopolitan, by Sarah Treleaven. Published September 13th 2023: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44866427/kaitlyn-braun-doula-pregnancy-accused-fraud-harassment/


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