Surprise, surprise...

[Little Star]

Painful cramps turned out to be baby

A woman who was admitted to hospital to have painful ovaries removed and came home with a 32-week-old baby is due to find out how the advanced pregnancy was missed.

Rebecca Oldham, 25, said she had three scans, two blood tests and six pregnancy tests to try to explain severe abdominal cramping.

She was admitted to Middlemore Hospital in November last year to have her ovaries removed but doctors instead discovered a 4kg (9lb) baby.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11274190

Women's bodies are amazing when they can even fool all of our modern testing. And the Doctors plus the woman too, wow!

[truedelphi]

1. Tests can miss things. That is why it is so important to

Have a doctor who still does a few things the old fashioned way. Especially if the tests are inconclusive. (Pelvic exam done with a hand in a glove might have found there was a baby in there.)

[MADem]

2. Wasn't there a reality show on this topic "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" or something like that?

Yeah, here it is...Discovery Health:

http://www.discoveryfitandhealth.com/tv-shows/i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant/videos/i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant-season-4-bikini-bod.htm

[ismnotwasm]

3. Weird

Scans are pretty clear, so somehow, I'll bet they thought she had enlarged ovaries, possibly tumorous, since the position of the baby was settled so far back. I'm glad it all worked out!

[Warpy]

4. Her anatomy must've been amazing, a uterus tipped way toward the back

and behind her other organs. The pain must've been excruciating.

I'd be very upset if they hadn't taken the blood bag out along with the baby. Ow.

[laundry_queen]

5. A 9 lb baby at 32 weeks? DAMN!

That is a HUGE baby. That baby would end up being 11.5lbs at term and 13 lbs on its due date.

As someone who gave birth to a 9lbs11oz baby, I don't know how she couldn't know. I bet she was in a lot of pain. I could hardly walk with my big baby (my 3 others hovered around 7lbs). I don't know how they could've missed it with the pregnancy tests though. Crazy. Probably a combination of tests actually not being done or a mixed up file.

Although, I'll be honest, I've always secretly hoped this would happen to me. I suspected I was pregnant mere days after I conceived and had positive tests by 9-14 days and then spent every waking moment of my pregnancy worrying. It was always a really long 9 months.