Can you imagine thinking you’re having appendicitis or perhaps a gall bladder attack, kidney stones, a bleeding ulcer or some other kind of severe stomach ailment. . .and instead find out you‘re in labor and are about to have a baby?
I happened upon an article this morning of a 26 year old woman who thought she was having the worst stomach pains in her life so she went to the emergency room only to delivery a healthy boy. And not a preemie that weighed a few pounds. She delivered an almost 8 lb. boy!!!
I know this is not the first time this has happened. But it still baffles me. I mean, seriously, how could you really have no inkling that you’re pregnant for NINE months? I am one of those lucky women who doesn‘t really have any of the general nuisances of pregnancy such as morning sickness or hormonal swings. I myself have even gone a whole 10 weeks before I realized I was pregnant. I understand how you could explain away the amenorrhea, and the weight gain but I have to admit I cannot fathom how you could explain the large basketball in front, or the gnawing pressure that feels like a bowling ball sitting on your bladder, or even the kicking of the baby?
It is a shocker to find out you’re pregnant when you either weren’t planning on it or weren’t supposed to be able to get pregnant. It was a shocker to find out we were having twins when we were expecting one. But can you imagine coming home with an infant when you thought you needed an appendectomy? Talk about being unprepared! So to satisfy my curiosity I googled just such a topic.
Apparently this happens quite often. Or at least more often than one would think. Doctors say that while on occasion, some women do lie and in fact knew perfectly well that they were likely pregnant, most women who find themselves in this situation, are genuinely surprised, if not thrilled, at their new arrival.
Could you imagine not having the time to plan a nursery, not having any of your “essential” gear in place, or coming home to tell confused friends and neighbors that you had a baby?
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