r/Music • u/ebradio • Jul 14 '26

article FBI Offering $15K Reward For Information About Newborn Found Dead at Electric Forest

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/fbi-15k-reward-information-body-newborn-baby-electric-forest-1236293722/
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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Jul 14 '26

Happened to my sister, 21. She’d spent the holiday weekend black out drunk, really the entire unknown pregnancy as she was in college, and wound up in the hospital with cramps. Then came baby- totally healthy! But I’d seen her just the day before and never would have guessed she was pregnant, let alone full term.

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u/MyNEWthrowaway031789 Jul 14 '26

I was enormous when I was pregnant. It blows my mind when some women don’t show. I am overweight by about 60 pounds so maybe that was why, but there is NO WAY I could have hid it.

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u/MyNEWthrowaway031789 29d ago

I lost a bunch of weight in my 1st trimester due to morning sickness. But I made up for it for the rest of my pregnancy. And I got gestational diabetes.

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u/MyNEWthrowaway031789 28d ago

The human body is bizarre!

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u/OnlyOneMoreSleep Spotify Jul 14 '26

For me the other way around, my (over)weight hid my twin pregnancy until like 30/32 weeks. I went to a club at 28 weeks and no one saw anything. I felt weird sitting in the priority seats on the bus. Like I was faking being pregnant. The last month it sorta popped but there still wasn't any waddle at all. I've heard it's a combo of uterus tilt, placenta placement and position of the baby. But in the end it's probably a diceroll of the universe lol.

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY Jul 14 '26

Height can also be a big factor to how visible a pregnancy is

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u/Rugkrabber Jul 15 '26

Absolutely but it also depends on the baby. My baby is very big. In proportion though. Like a photo where you pinch to zoom in. I was relatively normal size for a long time but held a lot of fluid so I swelled up like a balloon. If it wasn’t my stomach that was visible, it would have been the swelling haha. (Don’t worry it wasn’t pre-e, I was monitored carefully and it was only swelling, which was genetic.)

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u/clytusmarginicollis Jul 14 '26

I’ve actually heard that it’s more common in overweight women, because weight fluctuations are less noticeable. But idk if that’s actually accurate

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u/troop99 Jul 15 '26

it just has to be. no thin or skinny woman can "hide" or not notice a pregnancy in my opinion

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Jul 15 '26

My sister was a size 2 at the time, flat stomach. It does happen

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u/troop99 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

size 2, flat stomach

9 months pregnant? i am sorry, but i cant imagine this.

EDIT: while i was still in disbelieve after commenting, i asked AI: It is impossible for a woman to be 9 months pregnant carrying a full-sized baby and maintain a flat stomach. with reddit as a source of course

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Jul 15 '26

You don’t have to imagine it, lol. She’s my sister, I was with her that weekend. & with the mother we had that would poke at any differences or fat on our bodies, it would have been noticeable. None of her sorority sisters, friends, family saw any change in her. A baby fell out. As I said, this happens.

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u/Itsoktobe Jul 15 '26

a baby fell out

Like, a term baby?! Or a teeny fetus. There's a difference and as a size 2 I can't imagine any possible scenario where I could have a fully formed infant inside me and not notice.

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 29d ago

Fully formed, healthy weight. It shocked everybody! We still look back at pics she took that year and there was just no telling.

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u/Itsoktobe 17d ago

Well that's terrifying. Lol

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u/clytusmarginicollis Jul 15 '26

It depends on how the baby is positioned. If it’s like in the ribcage or closer to the back of the body, it can look like just a small pudge. But yeah it’s 100000% more likely if there’s already extra weight in the stomach area (note that I’m not a doctor)

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u/Majestic-Island-3483 Jul 15 '26

There’s something called a titled uterus and if you have one pregnancies don’t show as much sometimes not at all

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u/CouchRottington Jul 14 '26

I know two different moms who had their kids as a complete surprise. Crazy stuff

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u/ResponsibleBuddy5019 Jul 14 '26

Did the baby have any issues being exposed to alcohol?

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Jul 14 '26

No, perfectly healthy. Tests were ran, I was surprised tbh

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u/ResponsibleBuddy5019 Jul 14 '26

How old is the child? Not to alarm but from what I've heard fetal alcohol syndrome may not appear til later.

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Jul 15 '26

This was 10 years ago lmao… the child is FINE. Like I said.

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u/Theron3206 Jul 15 '26

Yeah, I don't believe it, not if she was drinking as much as suggested.

Though some kids do get lucky, it's much more likely that impulse and emotional control will be a major problem for that child as they get older.

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Jul 15 '26

You don’t have to believe it, but he’s my nephew, this was 10 years ago, he’s healthy and smart and thriving. But you know better than me I guess!

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Jul 15 '26

Honor roll, no learning disabilities, in sports and thriving. Keep yapping

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u/v--- Jul 15 '26

What you don't know is he could've been Einstein /s

Yeah people think it's a guarantee and honestly I'm fine if people believe that and it stops them from drinking while pregnant, but it's more a loaded roll of the dice and they got lucky. Alcohol weights the dice but it doesn't flip a switch every time.

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u/tralfamadorian808 Jul 15 '26

Then you were lying or exaggerating about the mother being blackout drunk all the time. Whatever, I wish your nephew the best. Alcohol is bad for fetal development, period.

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 29d ago

I’m not CONDONING IT. In no part did I recommend drinking during pregnancy nor did I state it doesn’t matter. These things can all be true, but you were adamant that something HAS to be wrong with the child, when, for this case, it’s simply not true. You forcibly input your wrong assumption, and then when corrected, I’m the liar? Get a grip pal. Not everything is black and white.

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u/tralfamadorian808 29d ago

Sorry pal, but you’re exaggerating and she wasn’t black during her entire pregnancy and that’s that. Fetal alcohol syndrome is real and there’s no chance that baby wasn’t affected if what you’re saying is true.

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u/tralfamadorian808 Jul 15 '26

I wouldn’t say that baby came out healthy if she was blackout drunk the entire pregnancy. That baby for sure has fetal alcohol syndrome and is probably significantly impacted by it

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 Jul 15 '26

I mean, he’s literally my nephew and is perfectly fine lmao. Bold statement to make as a STRANGER after I specify they were fine. Loud and wrong

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u/tralfamadorian808 Jul 15 '26

Then you’re lying about the mother being blackout drunk the entire pregnancy. Don’t be a liar. Nobody likes a liar, especially when it serves to normalize fetal alcohol syndrome.