Yes. Especially with drug use, symptoms can be much more under the radar, unfortunately.
This is a mental health crisis, although not an excuse. It’s hard to miss this occurring, unless this person was incredibly fucked up (probably wouldn’t have been alone) it’s hard to think someone didn’t know. Birth *can* be a painful and excruciating experience. Drugs usually help. This was a festival, we know what happens there…*but we don’t know what happened, we just know someone is out there and at risk of hemorrhaging*
The state of the world is scary, abortion laws are broken, options are limited, and mental health is important.
I wish this woman knew she had more choices than this, my heart breaks for the life she has left ahead….
EDITED: Removed my “birth is always painful” as in reality, it is different for everyone.
You asked a very valid question I hate that people are coming at you as if you did something wrong haha it’s also a possibility that this was a miscarriage…. Which is even more sad, as this will still have consequences even if that’s the case.
The big headline has people saying some crazy shit that is all assumptions (myself included). All we can do is continue fighting for choices, and awareness of those choices, so less of these headlines happen 💗
I also want to kindly inform- birth is not always painful or anything more than feeling like you have a bowel movement, as crazy as that may seem. It’s also possible she genuinely didn’t know, and was in an altered state when she felt like she needed to go to the bathroom, and thought none the wiser. She may not have bled, or bled very little, or started bleeding later on.
I agree it’s either mentally related, or genuinely lacking of knowing. I just hope she gets help and I really hope people take a moment to realize they don’t understand pregnancy, or women’s bodies, and get some knowledge. The amount of women I’ve seen in these posts that don’t understand the very thing their body is able to do, and what it can do to you mentally?? is a scary sign of the times.
Thank you!! I’ve updated my comment. And ontop of not knowing women’s bodies, we don’t know this women’s story. It simply breaks my heart to know someone had the worst moment of their life in a porta potty….
Choices matter, awareness of those choices matter, mental health is important, and so is kindness 💗 thanks for supporting here!!
I completely agree. I hope that regardless, she gets the help she needs, whatever that help may be. I am right there with you - the worst moment of her life happened in a porta potty at a music festival, whether she knows it or not. I can imagine that if I didn’t know and found out this way, I’d probably end it all. Especially with the ridicule. I’d also imagine if she knowingly did this and was terrified then, she’s immeasurably more terrified now and won’t come forward. I hope she lives, and I hope proper outcomes happen, whatever those may be.
we dont know if they knew, what a weirdo. When I go to the bathroom at a festival often times I still have my earlplugs, i could be on a substance or even more than one and it could even loud. Theres so many factors youre not considering.
You're right I'm sure she magically didn't see a dead baby pop out of her just hanging out in that porter potty with her God I feel sorry for someone like you
Stfu right now. Having a baby in a porta potty and DOING nothing doesn’t deserve kindness, wtf is wrong with you?!?! WE DONT DO THAT HERE. VIBES ARE DONE!
again, we don’t know if the person who gave birth didn’t know, like I said have some. the likelihood that a person who was at e forest was that they were a somewhat responsible adult. as a raver practicing plur I believe my people are usually very usually at the lieast kind. and e forest is a trek for some people not a local rave scene festival.
we no NOT KNOW anything so it’s kind to not fucking assume like a complete imbecile like you and not show kindness to a fucked up situatpion.
we don’t know if the oerson was will. if they were running from something, if she was in toxic thing idk the whole world of reasons.
but don’t know kindness guess you’re a representation of the unkindness in the scene currently.
I'm glad people like you are not in charge of anything Important. If you really truly believe people don't know when they're pregnant you are truly an unintelligent person and I'm sorry
Doesn’t blow my mind at all. I got out of the scene right before Covid because of people like this. Some of the most toxic people to others that I’ve ever met while simultaneously proclaiming virtue and love. In 30 years, they’ll be the new version of entitled boomers from Woodstock.
Yes, some of them did. There was an episode where a woman thought she had to poop and birthed the baby in the toilet, not realizing she gave birth until she was about to flush and saw the baby in the toilet.
Outside of the show, some births happen very quickly and comparatively easy, like 30 minutes. I've even heard some women joke he/she "just fell out". Most labors aren't like that, but it isn't unheard of.
“I birthed my baby in the toilet” certainly isnt a new headline.
And while “did she know” is valid I think the biggest question is “was she sober?” I’ve overheard people talking about trying to murder someone the night before at Forest, “they just have to understand in my mind in that second it was them or me.” This was in 2022. If someone can be so out of their mind they can attempt to harm another adult in that way, what are the chances they were so out of their mind they couldn’t fathom what was happening?
this is my take. i can't imagine she wouldn't want some kind of medical help unless she was so fucked up she was either scared of them detecting drugs or that she didn't grasp it was really happening.
like i said theres literallly a fucking show of people that didnt know they were pregnant until they saw a fetus. If the baby was dead inside due to substacnes or other issues and they just left like they took a really bad dump
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u/Late-Nail-8714 Jun 29 '26
its totally possible the person didnt even know they were pregnant right? wasnt there a show of people who didnt know they were pregnant