I have never been pregnant, but I have been around hundreds of pregnant women. These stories always amaze me.
On Tuesday a Massachusetts woman learned she was nine months pregnant ONE hour before she gave birth to her daughter. She went to the hospital complaining of stomach pains only to find out she was about to have a newborn baby!
If you scour the internet you will find hundreds of stories like hers. I think there is (was) even a television show about this? The pregnant women I have know pretty much left no doubt that they were pregnant, as in they looked like they swallowed a basketball! So I find it interesting when a mom can be pregnant and not know it.
"Quite simply, [women] do not know they're pregnant because they have no symptoms -- no weight gain, no nausea, and little to no abdominal swelling. They may still have their periods, or have always had irregular periods," scientist Jena Pincott wrote in a HuffPost blog in 2011. "If they have symptoms, they're so subtle as to be easily mistaken for something else. Indigestion, perhaps."
Makes sense if your body hides it well, and you don't have any pregnancy symptoms, but can you imagine the surprise? You go in for back pain, stomach pain, and find out that you will be taking home a newborn in a few days!! Most families spend months prepping for a new baby. Finding the perfect nursery items, picking out baby clothes, choosing a name. How would you like to make all of those decisions AFTER bringing home a newborn?
Here's to Katie, and all the other mommas who don't have time to prepare and are surprised by a baby. We wish you all the best and hope you have fun cuddling with your new squish!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/09/massachusetts-woman-pregnant_n_6443264.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000037
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