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"She had affairs before": What the 18-year-old Russian woman who abandoned her newborn daughter in the toilet of the Antalya airport is silent about
They are not going to leave the child of 18-year-old Katya from Elektrostal, who gave birth in an airport toilet in Turkey. Russian authorities are preparing everything necessary to transport the girl to her homeland. Katya herself and her mother Elena are currently in the Antalya pretrial detention center. There is a possibility that the Russian woman may be repatriated to Russia, but this is not a quick process. There is a high probability that the Russian woman's testimony will influence the decisions of both countries. Katherine told the police: "I didn't know I was pregnant."
The situation that took place at Antalya airport on October 13 is acquiring new details. During interrogation by the Turkish police, the 18-year-old Russian woman said that what happened before boarding the flight was a shock to her, since she had no idea that she was pregnant. This is how the state of passion appeared in the story. It is not yet known whether this will be considered in court or whether Katya, shocked by what happened, did not know what to do with the unexpected child.
The fate of Ekaterina's child is currently being decided in Russia. (On that fateful day, a girl was born in the bathtub.) This issue is being handled by the Russian President's Office for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova.
- The child is currently hospitalized in a Turkish medical facility. The Russian Consulate General in Antalya granted the child Russian citizenship and put a mark in the birth certificate confirming the child's existence. Russian diplomats sent a note to the Turkish authorities about the Russian side's intention to transfer the girl to her country of citizenship. We sent a request to the relevant department of the Russian Federation regarding the further living conditions of the minor. The situation is under control in the Presidential Administration for Children's Rights, the department's press service told KP.RU.
No one will leave a child abroad. You just need to solve a few problems and work out all the details. So far, the children's ombudsman's office has not reported whether the girl is likely to be handed over to the relatives of 18-year-old Katya (her father remains in Russia). In addition to Katya's relatives, the father may also claim rights to the child. However, it is still unknown who exactly the father is.
After talking to Katya’s friends, KP.RU found out that, overall, the girl has a normal reputation.
- I have known Katya for a long time. She is a very nice girl, very responsive and always helped me if I had any problems. No matter what happened at college, she was always involved and an activist." Katya's friend Victoria (pseudonym) tells KP.RU.
Katya studies at the Elektrostal College, where she is known as a volunteer and former director. And in 2022, at the internal qualifying competition of the Young Professionals Championship in the Floristry category, Katya took first place. But, as it turns out, not everything in the life of an 18-year-old girl is so wonderful and cloudless.
- From Katya's story we know that she and her mother were not always idyllic. Conflict situations arose often. Her mother is quite strict, but fair.
Katya lived a strict life and that was the only reason she returned home before 10:00 pm at her parents’ request.
- He's not a playboy. Well, like all teenagers with youthful maximalism, I drank with friends from time to time on holidays. She didn't smoke much, she just indulged. And as far as I know, I didn't do anything illegal.
Katya also had relationships with boys. A year before today's event, she broke up with her boyfriend. We've been together for a long time, but we never managed to create something big.
- Katya deceived him. And not just once.
Katya's friends and acquaintances are perplexed about her latest relationship and the alleged father of her child. Everyone points at each other and says "no." Given the timing of her birth, it is assumed that she became pregnant in the winter or on New Year's Eve according to the lunar calendar.
How could Katya herself not notice that she was pregnant? Boris Lordkipanidze, obstetrician-gynecologist, candidate of medical sciences, international expert on reproductive health in the Russian Federation, helped us answer this question.
- The most common characteristic of overweight women is, first of all, menstrual irregularities. This means that if your periods are so irregular that you do not take any measures to visit a doctor, get treatment, etc., you can get used to these symptoms and not notice them for 3-6 months.
Doctors are convinced that there are situations when a woman misses pregnancy until she gives birth. It is difficult to determine externally, no symptoms are felt. Nausea, vomiting, heartburn and other signs of poisoning often appear. And the birth process does not end in just 5 minutes.
- Labor contractions last for several hours. Also, the girl is not ready to appear in the birth canal for the first time, which means that the sensations should have started a long time ago. There is no such acute situation that a woman has to give birth immediately after going to the toilet.
Everything points to Katya having a "stomach ache" long before she got to the airport toilet. Apparently, the girl told her mother about it. Why neither Katya's mother nor she herself went to the first aid station is an open question.
- The story here is not very medical. Because it is not a precedent in itself. The problem is more in the moral element. Unfortunately, ignorance is no excuse. If you have children, take them with you.
Could a frightened 18 year old girl have made the decision to abandon her child? Could she have done it? Or did she do it because of pressure from her mother? There is no answer yet.
18-year-old Russian woman abandoned her baby after giving birth in the bathroom of Antalya airport: hid the pregnancy from her parents
Two Russian women were detained in Antalya for abandoning a newborn baby in a toilet.