mithridates
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 Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:42 am Post subject: Woman finds out she's pregnant, has baby 36 hours later |
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Unexpecting, Expecting Mother
(Seattle, Washington) - A Washington State woman had a very unexpected surprise over the weekend, giving birth to a baby boy that she didn't know was on the way.
Many new mothers don't know what to expect during pregnancy, but Amanda Brisendine didn't know she was expecting at all.
"He was hiding, he was our big surprise," Brisendine says.
Amanda was 37 weeks pregnant when she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Alexander, via c-section, on Sunday. She says she had no idea she was pregnant until doctors told her 36 hours before she gave birth.
"I had nothing, no preparation at all," says Brisendine. "We were talking about names on the operating table."
"I was just like, 'you're lying, you're kidding' and she wasn't," says Jason Britt, the child's father.
Amanda isn't completely clueless about childbirth--she has a 14-month-old daughter--but she says this pregnancy provided none of the standard symptoms.
"I had normal periods, no morning sickness," she says. "I was working right up until Thursday."
So obviously, the question everyone is asking is how a woman can be nine months along and not know she's pregnant? Well, doctors say it's more common than you think.
"It's not a rare event," says Dr. Jim Haines of the Overlake Medical Center. "We probably see it even at our local hospital every couple years."
Doctors believe Amanda was fooled by pre-existing problems with her ovaries that produce irregular menstrual cycles. She says she never felt the baby kick, no cravings. She can even explain the weight gain.
"I quit smoking so I thought that's why," she says. "And my gramma likes to use a lot of butter and sugar in her cooking so I blamed her too."
Ironically, Amanda was worried she might not be able to have another baby because of her ovary problems. She says she's not worried about that anymore. |
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That is if I ever actually chose to have kids!