WOW, WAS I EVER DUPED!!!

Okay, so I have to confess that I have been pretty hooked on a blog that Shana told me about called Little April Rose. It was basically about a 20-something year old girl who is Christian, got pregnant out of wedlock, found out that her baby had Trisomy 13, a fatal illness, etc.... Anyway, I followed it for about 2 months until the baby was supposedly born and lived. Then the blog shut down and accusations flew. Well, IT WAS A TOTAL FAKE! Here is a summary from another blogger called "Spellbound by the Davises":

She writes: "I have become a fan to many blogs, some happy situations and some not so happy. One in particular I have followed since the beginning is the baby Little April Rose blog... Supposedly this single 20 something woman who was the "daughter of the Lord" got pregnant and during pregnancy the baby was diagnosed with Trisomy 13 and HPE. Both of which are lethal to the baby.


Now she never exposed herself with pictures like most normal bloggers and called herself "B" throughout her blog. She claimed that she didn't want to expose herself or "D" the baby's father. She would always sign off as "April's mom". Which I and many, many people respected. She was a beautiful writer and her words made you want to hear more and more. She was well respected and liked from both Christians and non Christians. She hoped to be forgiven from God for her sinful act of sex outside of marriage which made her see the light and become closer to Him. To most, she was a young, brave, strong soul that lost her way for a while and was on a tough journey back to the arms of God. She had people hooked. What's going to happen next to this young girl and her sick baby?

Throughout her journey, "April's mom" made friends with very well known bloggers who not only gave her words of encouragement, but put her "Pray for April Rose" button on their blog. They asked their fans to pray and continually pray for April Rose. "April's mom" had a friend, Raechel, who is also a blogger as well as an old friend from college that lives several states away. Last year Raechel lost a baby girl to Trisomy 9 and did everything in her power to help this mom, "April's mom", through this as a "Christian sister" should. Raechel's husband even made rose crested t-shirts that was sold to "April mom's" fans and proceeds supposedly were forwarded to PASS Pregnancy Center in Illinois. "April's mom" also did His Will Wednesday which is asking for prayers to other families in difficult situations. And April's mom did this so beautifully, sometimes asking for as many as 50 hurting people for your prayers. She would always ask for prayers for these lovely families but to please also pray for April who she so desparately wanted to live and feared the idea of losing.

"April's mom" claimed that people were always asking if they could give donations. She mentioned many times that her blog was not for that purpose. She claimed that certain people were emailing her with accusations that her blog was a lie and was using it to make money. She even called the emails out and posted them with a detailed, God-oriented answer. She denied it all and said that the only purpose of her blog was to document the beautiful moments she had with "my girl". However, it was later discovered that she did open a P.O. Box.


"April's mom" decided on a home birth for her terminally ill child. She claimed that she had a midwife that agreed to this homebirth ......and a doctor who agreed to come to her home to check out the baby. And if anything went wrong, "April's mom" said that they were just "a short ride away" from the hospital. She claimed that she wanted to spend one on one time with April if she was going to leave this world so soon. She didn't want medical intervention. She justed wanted to be with her baby when or if it was her time to meet Jesus in heaven. After all, the doctors did tell her that there was not much hope for little April Rose. According to the doctors, April would NOT make it to 25 week, then 35 weeks. It was a miracle that she made it to 41 weeks. Then "April's mom" was told that April would not make it through labor and delivery. Some readers diagreed with this homebirth decision for such an ill baby, and some like myself, felt it was her choice to decide what was best for her and her baby. However, it is common knowledge that a doctor making a home visit these days, especially to a very ill newborn, is a huge lawsuit waiting to happen. I was confused on this, but thought that maybe they do things differently in Illinois.

So.....we all waited. Anxious about what was going to happen to this child. Was she going to live...was she going to die? People was praying from all over the world!

Another miracle, April Rose made it alive through labor and delivery. She was 4 pounds 8 ounces. I read from people all over dropping to their knees thanking Him. Raechel updated everyone of this joyous occasion.

Raechel was making constant updated posts on the condition of baby April such as "April's perfect(?), they are bathing her, they are dressing her at this moment, they are moving to a comfortable room, the photographer is here, etc. Everyone seemed to rejoice that April was 1 hour old, 6 hours old, etc. However, some updates to many didn't not sound correct. One example is if born alive, Trisomy babies have certain disabilities and feeding is one of them. They have to be feed by a feeding tube. According to an update, the midwives decided that this baby needed to eat within an hour after April was born! Not to go to the hospital but need to eat? "April's mom" was breastfeeding? Not sounding right. People along with the ones that has always been suspicious of this woman started to ask questions.

Sometime between the photographer's visit and the doctor's visit, they posted up some pictures of April Rose. This was the beginning of the end for her. April Rose looked too healthy for a 4 pound 8 ounce baby that had Trisomy 13 much less HPE! Most of these babies have some sort of deformity. This baby looked too good to be true!

More and more people started catching on and questioning and accusing. April's dad "D" then decided to step in when someone took the first posted picture of April and put devil ears and a tail on it. "D" claimed that this was not the time and they were just trying to "live their lives". He claimed that this was real, they were not out to make money and God himself knows the truth. Funny how he mentioned God when "April's mom" stated in her blog that April's dad "D" was an atheist! They deleted all the pictures and previous posts and said that they would update soon on Baby April.

Hours and hours went by. People in the internet world was going crazy over this wondering what happened. Posts and new April Rose is a Fake blogs were popping up everywhere! A lot of people still stood by "April's mom" claiming that this blog was real and to leave her alone. This went on and on for hours back and forth with believers and non believers.

Later that night, Raechel posted that "D" was defending his family and she was giving him room to do so. That April was still alive but her health was deteriorating and both baby and mom was in the hospitals. The doctors were doing tests on the baby including a blood test. Raechel signed off and.................

To the fury of hundreds of people, the blog was completely removed sometime during the night.
And the truth finally comes out. Investigations were done! The result to this LOOOONG story. "B" now known as Beccah was never pregnant, never had a baby. This whole thing was a hoax! Except for what she had Raechel input from miles and miles away, everything, including the angry post from daddy was from her. The pictures she took of "April" was a Reborn doll. I had to check into these dolls and you wouldn't beleive how real they look!

Beccah was accepting money and gifts through her P.O. Box and she had ads on her blog page that was paying her 2 cents a hit. She had over 600,000 hits. So can you imagine the money she has made? She even did a contest of whoever hit the 500,000 mark won a prize! I wonder how many times her fans hit the refresh button to get to that mark, meanwhile making this "B" person money!? Doing the His Will Wednesday was a lot of work for her but so totally worth it if her fans go to the blogspot in need of prayer only to return back to her site to continue reading. More hits means more money! I remember the amount of times I went back and forth to different blogs back to hers to continue reading!

Even though, in a way, I am relieved that there is really no "April Rose" which means that there is no baby dying or about to die involved. But to take advantage of people's emotions as well as their pocketbook due to sympathy is totally disgusting to me. I didn't realize that people can be so mean. Image how hurtful it is to Raechel when she found out that this was all made up when she really did lose a beautiful baby girl to this condition. And the support of the other's moms as well who have been down the road of losing a precious child. Horrible. It has been written by all the well known bloggers as well as Raechel that this hoax was not known by them and they are just as hurt as everyone else.

I just say that I hope "B" or Beccah, gets what is coming to her!"

So that's what I've been up to for the last few days while I've laid in bed sick as a dog with the flu, throw ups and more. :) Life just keeps coming at me!!! Things are good!!!