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wonder what has happened to couple who freebirthed in Carribean?

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StrangerYears · 19/10/2023 03:43

Clive and Iuliia Gurzhii were all over the news for 3 days in August, after idiotically going to give birth on a beach a long way from home.
The birth was unwitnessed and very odd circumstances.
I googled them and all I could find was a gofundme (never saw that one coming!!) - it raised GBP128 out of an ambitious target of GBP15.000.

Do you think they are still out there?

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Ylvamoon · 19/10/2023 09:30

I just thought tis story was strange from the outset.
There is no way I would travel 1000's of miles to give birth and leave my other child behind....

TheShellBeach · 19/10/2023 09:25

Shittenshite · 19/10/2023 04:33

After a quick Google search

"Birthing person"?

Hmm
Topseyt123 · 19/10/2023 09:17

I've sometimes wondered what became of these stupid twats. Nothing on them for ages now. Pair of tools!!

NeunundneunzigHorseBallonz · 19/10/2023 09:01

Maybe they were deemed too stupid to be allowed to return

justasking111 · 19/10/2023 08:50

Igloolou · 19/10/2023 07:34

I’d imagine there’s a good reason the press have dropped this, for now. At a guess, there’s a much bigger issue and children require protection. I wouldn’t be surprised if a year or so down the line there will be a further media following a court case.

I thought this, the courts have issued a media ban to protect the family. Family courts are known for this

SisterMichaelsHabit · 19/10/2023 08:36

thelittlestkiwi · 19/10/2023 07:12

A similar story here: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/babies/new-mum-stranded-in-nepal-after-mystery-birth/news-story/74900aae8665b661df1dcb848a3f9ae6

More idiots who intentionally wanted to give birth in a stupid and dangerous place (the countryside days from a hospital in a country with poor infrastructure).
"Mystery illness for 9 months"
"Went into the forest to give birth in the shade"
Give me strength.
No thought for the baby as anything other than an Instagram prop in either of these cases.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 19/10/2023 08:33

🤔

Gingerkittykat · 19/10/2023 08:19

I wonder if the baby was born via surrogate so might be biologically either one of both of their biological child.

I wonder if the hospital examined her after she supposedly gave birth?

Igloolou · 19/10/2023 07:34

I’d imagine there’s a good reason the press have dropped this, for now. At a guess, there’s a much bigger issue and children require protection. I wouldn’t be surprised if a year or so down the line there will be a further media following a court case.

tpxqi · 19/10/2023 07:29

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck…….

Imamumgetmeoutofhere · 19/10/2023 06:58

I'd love to know what happened too. At the time I thought they were just muppets for wanting to do what they did but now fake pregnancy and birth to adopt a baby without going down the traditional route seems so obvious.

FrustatedAgain · 19/10/2023 06:49

I’d love to know the ending to this story too!

SwingTheMonkey · 19/10/2023 06:47

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 19/10/2023 06:38

Apparently they couldn't get her a passport either.

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It’s so hard to be prepared with things like that when you’ve no idea how long the gestation of a human baby will be…

Shraree · 19/10/2023 06:45

This is the problem with modern journalism. Newspapers just picked up the story from a news wire, printed it and forgot about it.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 19/10/2023 06:38

Zonder · 19/10/2023 06:20

It was really sad for their other child, I remember. They didn't see her for months because they apparently wanted a perfect birth. Or something.

Apparently they couldn't get her a passport either.

ThePoshUns · 19/10/2023 06:35

LemonTreeSkies · 19/10/2023 05:44

“Birthing person”??

Wouldn’t that be the mother?

Exactly 😡

NOTANUM · 19/10/2023 06:34

It’s annoying when stories just drop off the radar and this is one of them!

Zonder · 19/10/2023 06:20

It was really sad for their other child, I remember. They didn't see her for months because they apparently wanted a perfect birth. Or something.

LemonTreeSkies · 19/10/2023 05:44

“Birthing person”??

Wouldn’t that be the mother?

HoppingPavlova · 19/10/2023 05:42

I would think zero chance the baby was biologically theirs, and they got caught out trying to circumvent the systems and told a bulldust story.

WiddlinDiddlin · 19/10/2023 05:14

I suspect the fact there is no update means they got it sorted and came home, no scam or fake pregnancy... just utter muppets.

Mangotango39 · 19/10/2023 05:13

Yeah I'd love an update to!
It was all so strange!

ImustLearn2Cook · 19/10/2023 05:11

It was all over the news in August. It’s weird that there has been no update. Even if it turned out to be a scam, you’d think that the news outlets would simply update that it turned out to be a scam.

I wonder what happened.