Possible to be Pregnant and Not Know?

Yes.

[quote]She laughed when she told TODAY Parents that looking back now there were clear signs but at the time her son was born, she'd had no idea she was pregnant. She thought she was trying to pass a kidney stone.

[quote]"The only relief I would get was sitting on the toilet," she said. "So I was in the bathroom, and I ... couldn't sit still. I was screaming, I was trying not to be loud like I didn't know what this was."

[quote]She said finally at one point she felt something rush out of her.

[quote]"I look in the toilet and I still didn't know what it was," she said. "And I thought I basically lost an organ because I didn't know!"

[quote]Surgecoff said she stood up and didn't realize what was in the toilet bowl until her fiancé went to look.

[quote]"I'm screaming, I'm freaking out, I'm in shock," she recalled. "I don't know what's going on, and Donnie went to the toilet, and he rescued the baby."

Correction R1: "I didn't know I was having a baby until I SEEN its head."

"Honey, you just had a baby in your pants."

This one farted out a baby after thinking she was having digestive issues.

[quote]Brittany Darilek told KTRK she was feeling excruciating stomach pain and assumed she was experiencing digestive issues on the night she went into labor.

[quote]Darilek said her mother told her to get into the bathtub to relieve the pain.

[quote]“I gave one basically big push and instant relief. It flushes immediately over me. I pick her up and it is Madi, born in a bathtub, 7 pounds, 2 ounces, 20.5 inches. She’s just there, eyes open and all of that, just looking at me, (with) bright blue eyes,” Darilek recalled.

[quote]So, why didn’t Darilek know she was expecting? It’s a question she gets a lot.

[quote]“I got my menstrual cycle every month,” she said. “I gained about 15 pounds.”

[quote]She said she didn’t show, but looking back at her pregnancy, there were symptoms. She dismissed them, however, because of her menstrual cycle.

barf-o-rama

Terlet babies

There used to be a TV shows called: I Didn't Know I was Pregnant.

Some even had twins and claimed they didn't know.

[quote]One study estimates that 1 in about 2,500 women do not realize they are carrying a child until they go into labor, while 1 in 475 don’t catch on until 20 weeks into gestation. But research on the subject is limited, and there’s much that medical practitioners continue to puzzle over.

[quote]Possible to be Pregnant and Not Know?

I'm in my 23rd month.

Bitch has a PHD and a gofundme? Fuck off. Tell her to put the toilet turd up for adoption.

I don't believe this shit. I do believe these women are in denial abt being preggo, however, and are probably certifiable.

As for the email chain and donation request, fuck it and fuck her.

Apparently a woman can become pregnant without "actual sex," i.e., full penetration. There was a famous divorce case in Britain in the 1920s about this. The wife, Christabel Hart, claimed that she and her husband, John Russell, had never had sex--at least not a completed sex act--even though she had given birth to a son. Russell had, she said, entered her bedroom one night and engaged in what she cryptically described as "Hunnish practices." Russell, in turn, claimed that the child was not his and that Christabel had been unfaithful. However, doctors affirmed that she was, in fact, a virgin, at least until she gave birth.

Omg!! Def trying Hunnish practices tonight!🤩

Groooooossssssss

So presumably none of these women had any kind of pre-natal care, nor did they avoid smoking, drinking, or other activities that are known to be harmful to a fetus. Has anyone done a study to see if these types of births gave involved babies with more-than-usual health issues?

Why aren’t we discussing the BF who pinged as a bossy bottom?

[quote]Possible to be Pregnant and Not Know?

Not for too many months.

R15, I knew someone who had this happen. She was the sister of a woman I babysat for and her daughter was in my high school class. She was very overweight and had previously had multiple children. She had no clue she was pregnant. The sister I knew well was appalled, but she believed it. This was in the 1960s and it seemed pretty shocking to me as someone in high school.

Thank the gods I'm gay.

r23 And such a waste of those child-bearing hips!

I’m not a woman and have never been pregnant so I can’t say from experience. But it does seem wild and hard to believe.

Some of these women might have been in strange states of denial.

Still, I think it is rare but possible for a women to be pregnant and not know until they are giving birth. Freaky to think about!

Ask meeeeeee!

I don’t know how they ignored the fact they missed their period for 9 months, but…

I have a couple friends who work in OB. In their experience, these "I didn't know I was pregnant" cases almost always have a history of mental illness.

My friends daughter always denies she is pregnant and pops another one out just before Christmas every year.

Eighteen of the nineteen babies have survived (one died at 6 weeks). She's 49 now so I'd imagine soon it will come to a natural end, especially as she looks like one of 'The Fat Slags' from Viz.

i knew someone who had a surprise birth 11 months after having her first child. She hadnt taken off any of the pregnancy weight from the previous baby.

Years ago, maybe 65 or 70 (wayyy before my time) my parents were friends with a married couple. The husband got a call at work to come to the hospital, his wife just had a baby. He thought at first someone was pulling his leg. Neither of them knew she was pregnant. She didn’t get very big and they thought she’d gained a little weight. Not trash, educated people.

It's possible, but only if you're fat and clueless.

Haha! Thanks, R24. If I had those hips, at least it would give my form some kind of dimension. Unfortunately, the only curve I've ever had was above my waist, and below my tits. But that's largely gone now, and shrinking all the time.

I find it hard to believe; a woman's body changes during menstruation and certainly during pregnancy. These women that "didn't know" are clueless, drunk morans.

This sounds pretty crazy. It sounds as if they did it and she got pregnant, and she's lying and saying they didn't do it. She had to have known.

Yes, I believe it is **possible** to get preggo if the guy ejaculates right by your woo-woo and you are young and very fertile. I guess I can buy that.

As for me, I was in my mid 30's and trying to get pregnant. It was super typical. Took about four months to get pregnant each time. I knew within a few days because I had strange little cramps that didn't feel like anything I'd felt before. But I was very aware and looking for pregnancy. I've never known anyone who didn't know.

Nothing I hate more than the term “preggo.” ⬆️

It's not as bad as "preggers" and "sporting a baby bump".

when this happens, it's inevitably to a morbidly obese woman who is dumb as a post

I need to pursue some hunnish practices with a horse hung Hun soon or I'll go crazy. I haven't been fucked in 2 years.

I was going to add "Preggers" too.

Bun in the Oven

In a Family Way

In Trouble

Knocked up

I could see this happening to a young teen girl because a pubescent body goes through so many changes it might be hard to know what is baseline.

F_ around and find out

What about those eye drops they give the little babies? What about the eye drops!?!?

LIARS above. For example the woman who claims to have had her period through 9 months of unknown pregnancy. NOPE.

Babies move. If you see your abdomen moving and feel something kicking inside, and you can't figure out what might be going on... there's something seriously wrong with you.

Well, that’s true.

.,.,

it's definitely possible, if for (one or more of) the reasons of being overweight/obese, under-educated, in denial (which can be a real, mental thing), and women can DEFINITELY spot/bleed throughout their entire pregnancy (which usually indicates a problem, but some women still deliver healthy babies).

So yes, it happens.

yES, MY HUGE ms ART TEACHER WAS OUT BECAUSE SHE HAD A SUPRISE BABY. opps. She was big. I believe it. Spotty to no periods anyway. How would you know?

A pregnant MAN OR WOMAN OP! Please be CLEAR and INCLUSIVE to all possible pregnant PEOPLE.

Thank you.

It happened to me.

Why not? Apparently it's perfectly possible to run for vice-president and be in front of the media day in and day out yet not let anyone catch on that you're pregnant.

R53, can we discuss that more? It was her daughter's baby, right?

No, her daughter has several bastards of her own. The Down’s baby belonged to ancient Sarah.

she could always ask google

But did she know she was pregnant? If so, why were the pregnancy and birth shrouded in secrecy? She flew back to Alaska from Texas recall AFTER she went into labor. She was 44, not a particularly safe age to be flying around while in labor.

It is. Sounds like a nightmare. Didn't you guys see Precious?

I think it was the daughter's baby. The daughter was around 15 at the time. This was before the daughter had other kids.

Down’s Syndrome babies don’t usually happen to 15 year old mothers. They typically happen to mid-40s women like Sarah.

Have you forgotten today’s the day of my abortion?

R28, Now, I could definitely buy that and it makes sense.

Oops R28.

I have only known of one person that claimed this. I was in junior high. The chick played volleyball and basketball right up until the birth. I presume she knew and didn't want it be real.

Going to re-read up on Down Syndrome right now. I thought I had read it could also happen in very young mothers.

Okay, I can't find anything on teens and DS, but I thought I read about this years ago.

Down Syndrome babies are exceedingly rare in teen mothers, and much more of a risk in geriatric pregnancies. That baby was Sarah Palin’s own.

Maybe THATS why I have been gaining so much?

Sorry, I'm pretty sure it was her daughter's baby. Too weird a situation.

[quote]Maybe THATS why I have been gaining so much—Jazz Jennings

Yes, that it’s honey. Your imaginary uterus is growing an imaginary baby that’s going to come out of your fake front-hole. Better keep on eating for two, fat pig.

[quote]Sorry, I'm pretty sure it was her daughter's baby. Too weird a situation.

No, it’s not unusual that an obviously fertile mid-40s woman who already has 4 kids could get pregnant again and deliver a Down’s Syndrome baby.

What are"Hunnish"practices?

Good Gracious Momma dey was shows about it. Have you never heard of a toilet baby?

ooops

link here

I was skimming the literature and trying to find something on teen pregnancy and DS. I did find that DS is much more common in older women who have not previously had children. First pregnancies.

I think she supposedly went back to Alaska and had the baby in some little podunk place, with few witnesses. Hence the theory that it was her daughter's baby. I believe that.

Another theory was that she knew the baby had DS and was TRYING to kill the baby by not getting good medical care. Can someone start a proper thread on this?

I would think it is if you're really fat and/or have irregular periods.

yeah, it's a thing. I think it used to be more common back in the days when girls knew so little about sex. I recently read something about it. It's called a cryptic pregnancy.

Am I pregonate?

I’m shocked at the number of women who are 6 mos pregnant and don’t even know it. I know two myself, both had already had kids. I can’t imagine giving birth in three months and not even knowing it.

What does one name a toilet baby?

Commode? Loo? WC? Privy?

This happened to my cousin. She was a big strapping gal who had done a triathlon and was in grad school. There’s a photo of her at about seven months and she didn’t look pregnant. She found out three weeks before she actually gave birth.

I don’t know, man. Babies kick around in there; you can actually see their little feet and hands protruding maybe it’s different for fat women and the fat disguises that. But you can still feel the movement.

The baby was the daughter's, in spite of the one insistent troll who wants it to be Sarah's.

My aunt had four children. The second of her four children has Down's syndrome. My aunt was in her early 20s when she had the child, probably 23 or 24.

r79 Tye D Bowl

If the toilet baby is a girl and resulted from the pull-out method you should name her Jennifer, middle name Convertibles. Otherwise, name it Splash.

I thought I was bloated, I didn't realize it was a gestational gunt!

LaTrina

Lava-Tori

I can't imagine being told by my parents that I was born in a toilet bowl and had to be rescued from it. How could I have pretended my whole life that I'm Charles Ryder if I was born in a toilet?

Bebe de Toilette

[quote]So, why didn’t Darilek know she was expecting? It’s a question she gets a lot. “I got my menstrual cycle every month,” she said. “I gained about 15 pounds.” She said she didn’t show, but looking back at her pregnancy, there were symptoms. She dismissed them, however, because of her menstrual cycle.

Okay, honest question: Is it physically possible for a pregnant woman to continue to menstruate? Or is this woman (and others like) outright lying?

^ I want to know too, and I'm a she.

Yes, a woman can menstate during pregnancy although it's usually lighter

I hit the button before finishing. It's not actually menstruation though because there's no egg. But, bleeding through pregnancy without an egg is not unusual.

Happened to my cousin. She also had 5 kids by 3 different guys, so maybe she got used to it? This all unfolded in Florida. I can’t tell the difference. The men drove truck, and the women were women. All in the shadow of Walt Dizzy. You ever been in an Orlando suburb past midnight?

Well, you learn something new every day. I honestly thought that all menstruation ceased when a woman is pregnant, and that this is how many women first realize they're pregnant -- when they miss a period. And I guess ALL these women who claim to have given birth without realizing they were pregnant thought the same.

If it's true that SOMETIMES menstruation ceases during pregnancy, but not always, I don't understand why.

Women do NOT menstruate during pregnancy. Some women experience spotting or bleeding during pregnancy, which is not normal and usually indicates a problem… although sometimes it’s not anything serious.

R87 On the bright side, " Born on The Toilet: A Memoir of Love, Laughter, and Triumph of the Human Spirit" would be an inspiring memoir.

Well, what happened to me was the opposite. I thought I was pregnant and was so excited. I had a baby shower. The names I picked out were "Tiffany" for a girl and "Kingslee" if it was a boy. I just wanted a healthy baby. When I went to the hospital with labor pains they told me there was no baby, it were gas pains so they sent me home. It hurt so bad though. That night I pooped and felt better. Now my friends are mad because I'm keeping the presents but I'm pregnant again so what's the problem? Bitches.

[quote]Women do NOT menstruate during pregnancy. Some women experience spotting or bleeding during pregnancy, which is not normal and usually indicates a problem… although sometimes it’s not anything serious.

Okay, but I assume that kind of bleeding would not happen with any regularity, like a once-a-month period. So these idiots should have realized it was NOT menstruation and should have paid attention to the other signs and think, "Hmmmm, you know, I MIGHT be pregnant!"

R98, women can have very irregular cycles. I worked with a woman who once mentioned she got her period only every two or three months. No, I do not remember what promoted her to tell me that, but I have no reason to think that she was making it up.

This whole thing is disgusting. My tasteful friends, this is why we are gay.

R100, it is disgusting. Menstruation is gross, and having a human growing inside you is absolutely crazy. Having a baby COME OUT of your twat is fucking insane. But that is also the way it is. I kind of get why some girls want to become men so they won't have to deal with this, but natal men cannot understand what it is truly like for your body to be that gross. Yes, I am making this an anti-trans thread.

It only seems possible for the people who don't take care of their health or are uninsured. Even for the rare cases where the women still had periods, I'd think they would notice other changes to their body. Weight gain, nausea, expanding stomach even if it's small. I'd think think those symptoms over more than 4 months would be enough to make someone head to the doctor for at least a checkup even if they didn't think pregnancy.

I shat out an orange turd but that is as close as I came.

If a person is a natal female who has had "sex" sex with a natal male, one should consider pregnancy. I have also seen pregnancy tests at Dollar Tree, although that is not where I would choose to buy them.

We have very much the same philosophy, R101. As Chris Crocker used to say: “I came out of my mothers twat holding my nose and with my eyes closed.

R105 No, that's what your mom was doing, you were stinking up the joint.

R102 nails it.

Wait, OP, if she doesn't think what she and her boyfriend were doing was "actual sex," what does she consider "actual sex?"

As you must know from experience, Hunnish practices are very ambiguous, even for sophisticated and experienced gay men. Imagine when the incels take to the Hunnish.

when the man goes Hunnish up the woman.

I understand what R102 is saying, but in this country having insurance doesn't make prenatal care, or abortion services, truly accessible and affordable. I imagine that may be a factor in some of the denialism.

They all know but don’t acknowledge it because of mental illness or fear of being judged.

[quote]They all know but don’t acknowledge it because of mental illness or fear of being judged.

Sorry to say, I think that's true in at least some of these cases. Mental illness is, of course, a sound explanation, but fear of being judged? Ummm, did these women not realize the baby was going to come eventually anyway? Or did they hope they would miscarry, or have the baby when they were alone or with one or two other people who would collude with them in killing it, disposing of the body, and pretending it never happened?

Pregnancy is pretty fucking easy to diagnose. There's no excuse for this.

A lot of the women I saw on “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” were fat and probably thought their symptoms were from being fat.