Quebec Woman Dupes Boyfriend Into Believing She’s Having Quintuplets

A Quebec woman experienced a ‘phantom pregnancy’ a month after meeting her boyfriend online.

Paul Servat said he was devastated when he found out that Barbara Bienvenue had never been pregnant at all. The couple met in mid-2013 and became serious after Bienvenue said she was pregnant, one month after they met online.

That pregnancy then turned into twins, triplets, quadruplets, and finally quintuplets. Bienvenue not only duped her boyfriend, but also her community, who showered the couple with gifts. Geneviève Laflamme, who is a mother of triplets herself, told CTV Montreal that she gave Bienvenue tips on how to handle the pregnancy, where to find financial support, and how to get sponsorship for diapers.

Bienvenue didn’t hesitate to apply these practices, and the couple raked in donations of diapers, formula, and furniture. But Bienvenue was never pregnant. She was simply experiencing a “phantom pregnancy,” a psychological case known as pseudocyesis in which a woman experiences all the symptoms of pregnancy.

According to WebMD, symptoms of pseudocyesis include interruption of the menstrual period, swollen belly, enlarged and tender breasts, changes in the nipples, and possibly milk production, a feeling of fetal movements, nausea and vomiting, weight gain, and even labor pains.

So Bienvenue hadn’t just duped her boyfriend into believing the pregnancy, she may have even duped herself. But this wasn’t even the first time duping was done.

A relative told QMI Agency, “this isn’t the first time she’s done it. But honestly, we never would have thought she was sick enough to do it again.”

Servat said he was devastated when the couple showed up to the delivery room and were told doctors had no record of her medical records. In fact, the only records doctors did have was a blood test showing Bienvenue was not pregnant. Servat said he is no longer seeing Bienvenue, who is undergoing a psychological evaluation. He also returned or donated all the gifts the couple had received.

Perhaps next time he’ll think twice before he signs up for online dating.

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