There is a feature story on the MSN home page where a lady had a stomach ache and a couple hours later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. What gives? How in the heck could you mistake a stomach ache for pregnancy?
2006-11-02 05:19:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
It's more common than you think.
I've read dozens of stories across the country about women who didn't know they were pregnant.
One girl even went to the doctor and had a blood test AND an ultrasound. No baby was seen or detected until she gave birth in the bathtub (she thought she was having bad cramps). She had suffered an injury to her pelvis and the baby was somehow hiding behind the bone.
Most of the cases are women who did NOT miss a period and had zero signs of pregnancy (fatigue, morning sickness). Sometimes even taking a preg test won't always show - not all women produce enough human growth hormone in their urine for it to regsiter.
If they already have gastrointestinal problems, a baby "kicking" could have been confused with bloating and gas.
2006-11-02 13:27:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I saw that story on the news too. I cant imagine how someone could be pregnant and not know it. Especially, since she has another kid so she knows the different pregnancy symptoms and the baby moving and stuff feels like. I guess if someone just ignored every change in their body they could not know it but i just cant imagine how! I have and 8 year old and am pregnant now... with both of mine I new before I was even 6 weeks along. I had my period the first 3 months with my first one.
2006-11-02 13:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by MamaX2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder the same exact thing! I knew I was pregnant at 2 weeks... my body just wasn't the same!!! I worked with a girl, who found out she was preggo at 6 months! I was like how do you not know? She also had her periods for a while... it was her Mom who made her go get a test because she did gain some weight and complained a lot. I guess everyone is different, but once the baby starts kicking, what the heck would you think it was? I dunno, I think that's very strange.
2006-11-02 13:37:21 · answer #3 · answered by m930 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea how this could be. I knew a woman who SWORE she didn't know she was pregnant till she was 36 weeks, and had went to the DR. for something totally unrelated. I don't get it either! I KNEW right away when I was pregnant with my boys. I mean, when you get far enough along, you can watch your stomach MOVE. Maybe some women are just totally out of touch with their bodies?
2006-11-02 13:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by PennyPickles17 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's simple, some women will have light bleeding, even thougout their pregnancy, she may have carried the baby high like my mother did, and then the pregnancy did not show, as for not seeing the other signs, she probably was uneducated about sex and pregnancy, which is more common than one would think.
2006-11-02 13:29:40 · answer #5 · answered by supersourrainbow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oooh it is more possible than we think! With my 1st pregnancy all my urine tests came out negative, and me being ignorant at that time didn't think of going for a blood test. I only found out I was pregnant when I was already 6months along, cos only then did my body produce enough hcg to register. Weird, but true.
2006-11-02 13:32:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's rare, but it does happen. When I went into labor, I had no pains. I had an emergency C-Section after inducing labor 12 hours, and I never experienced labor pains, just very little discomfort in my back. My water broke and everything; no pain. And I've heard of women giving natural birth w/o pain, so it could happen. I've even heard of cases where women even have their period (highly unlikely, though) even if in shorter intervals.
2006-11-02 13:22:29 · answer #7 · answered by *Jessy* 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not that happened to the mother of someone I went to school with! She was so overweight that she didnt know she was pregnant! They didnt have much money so when she stopped getting her period she thought it was the start of menopause and didnt go to the dr at all!
She gave birth in the bathroom of their house.
2006-11-02 13:32:37 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read that.. she was overweight.. and said it was nothing like her first preganacy.. she thought thrity lbs was because.. she stopped smoking and ate more rich foods.. and also, she didnt miss her period and still ate the same foods.. which she hated last time she was preganant.. read the story it explains
2006-11-02 13:27:37 · answer #9 · answered by chosen_isaiah61 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋