A woman says her best friend was 42 weeks pregnant and screaming that her baby died, but kept refusing an ultrasound until someone lifted her shirt

A TikTok creator named Perla has shared a series of videos detailing how she discovered that her best friend of two years had been faking a pregnancy for 42 weeks. The situation reached a breaking point on the day the friend was scheduled to be induced, leading to a series of events that eventually revealed the truth. The video posted on TikTok has gotten hundreds of thousands of views and hundreds of comments.

As reported by the Daily Dot, Perla explains that she spoke to her friend on the morning of the scheduled induction. Everything seemed normal during their conversation, and Perla even called her again around 4:55 PM to wish her luck before heading to work. Perla continued to check on her throughout the evening, but as the hours passed without a response, she assumed her friend was simply busy in labor.

The next day, the silence from her friend continued. Perla grew concerned and began reaching out repeatedly, eventually deciding to contact Katie, a woman who had taken her friend in and was reportedly supposed to be in the delivery room during the birth. Perla found Katie on Instagram and sent a direct message to see if she had any updates.

Her friend reportedly refused to undergo an ultrasound

Katie reportedly responded with a message that turned the situation upside down. She claimed that the friend had been lying about the pregnancy and even mentioned seeing what she described as a fake silicone belly. 

Perla initially thought it was some kind of joke, but the reality soon became clearer. Katie later called Perla to explain that the friend had contacted her in a state of distress, claiming she was at the hospital and that her baby had died.

“My baby’s dead, my baby’s dead. I’m here at the hospital. My baby is dead,” Perla says her friend screamed during that phone call. According to Perla, the friend claimed that hospital staff could not find a heartbeat. 

The situation intensified because the friend kept refusing to undergo an ultrasound, insisting that she did not want to be told the baby had passed away. Those with her tried to persuade her to have the scan, hoping there might still be time to save the baby.

The deception finally fell apart when Katie lifted the friend’s shirt and reportedly found the fake belly. Perla says those present took her friend to a hotel room and kept her keys because they were worried about her safety, though the friend refused to speak to anyone. Perla admits she was hurt by the lies because she had placed a lot of trust in this relationship, but she remained focused on her friend’s well-being.

Perla continued to message her friend, even while knowing the truth, to let her know she was still by her side. She says her friend kept up the act, texting her, “Yeah, I had my baby, but I had her and she was dead.” 

Perla eventually told her friend that she knew the truth and just wanted to talk, but the friend began ignoring her. When Perla visited her friend’s parents’ house, the friend threatened to leave if her mother spoke to Perla at all.