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I didn't know I was Pregnant!
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Okay so who here watches that show on TLC? I think that's the channel is on....
I kinda love it, find it super fascinating and entertaining. But now that I'm 30 weeks pregnant, I kinda feel like calling bullshit on all those women. Between the morning sickness, heartburn, shortness of breath, fatigue, baby jumping around like crazy and obviously no period; how could anyone not know they are pregnant?! Does anyone think there is actually a woman alive who legit just didn't know she was pregnant until she was in labor?
Just some random thoughts on my mind this Sunday evening:)
I kinda love it, find it super fascinating and entertaining. But now that I'm 30 weeks pregnant, I kinda feel like calling bullshit on all those women. Between the morning sickness, heartburn, shortness of breath, fatigue, baby jumping around like crazy and obviously no period; how could anyone not know they are pregnant?! Does anyone think there is actually a woman alive who legit just didn't know she was pregnant until she was in labor?
Just some random thoughts on my mind this Sunday evening:)
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Re: I didn't know I was Pregnant!
The first chick had an implantable device in her arm (progesterone-implanon) which she thought was good for five years (nope, three) and she never had periods since it was placed. She came in thinking she had Crohn's disease like her parent(s) because of the unusual stomach pains and pressures and bloating.
The second chick had bad pcos and irregular periods and spotted irregularly through the 1-2 tri anyway. She was also >200# at least before getting pg so no showing to worry about.
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My second cousin claims she didn't know she was pregnant and went to the hospital for stomach pains and out came a baby. Although we do suspect mental instabilities with her. We think she was in denial and trying to "make it go away". She stayed on BC and drank. She was only 21 and with the baby daddy (who also has another child wih another girl) for only 3 months, was living at home with no career (dropped out of school). Her mother kept asking her if she was pregnant and she kept saying no. Just the movements I'm feeling, I say the denial is more believable than she didn't know.
Her daughter was the cutest little cyst I've ever seen. I think she was around 24 weeks when they finally confirmed her pregnancy.
I watch that show and am flabbergasted at how some women don't know - or are really good at denial. One woman said she had leaky boobs - I mean, come on! How do you not suspect pregnancy with leaky boobs! She was like "If it doesn't hurt me, I just go 'hmm' and move on."
One thing I can't understand is women who don't show. Where is this 7lb baby hiding?! There was one woman who had her first baby and gained 50 pounds and looked VERY pregnant. Then she didn't know she was pregnant again and went full term without ever looking pregnant. How is that possible?
A little off topic, but my (male) college professor one time told the class that labor pain is made up in the mind. Women expect pain and therefore experience pain. I wanted to get up and punch him. I wish I had said something regarding these stories, since obviously these women had no idea and experienced a lot of pain.
As for the professor, dang. Shove a watermelon out your nostril and tell me it doesn't hurt.
I can't imagine not knowing but I truly believe she had absolutely no clue.
Fred Rogers
Wouldn't that be nice if he were right? Too bad the reality of L&D and what your body is actually doing doesn't really add up with "it's all in your mind..."
@misshart00 I guess because labor is something you anticipate (besides those who didn't know they were pregnant), and breaking your leg or having some sort of other illness can't be predicted and therefore can't be "worked up" in the mind. I do believe there is a strong mind-body connection and in some instances pain can be made worse by the mind, but it was just such an odd thing for someone to think.
As far as the "I didn't know I was pregnant" thing. There was one case I could understand. The woman was told she could never have kids and she had a spastic colon so she thought the baby moving were her intestines jumping. On top of that if you are told you can never have kids you are probably in denial. If people really have no symptoms (good for them but is miss feeling the baby kick) I guess but it has to be SUPER RARE. I do doubt most of the TLC stories.
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There are two episodes of this show that I understood why the person didn't know.
1) Lady had her tubes tied after her last baby (something like 15 years ago) and was in her 40's so she thought, ehhh menopause?!
2) Lady was told by the doctors that her uterus would never be able to carry a baby.
My favorite episode of this was the one where "my husband and I could SEE THE MOVEMENT but we just called it the alien in my stomach"... ummmm, I'm SORRY, you didn't think that random ass movement in your stomach worthy of getting CHECKED OUT?! I couldn't even...
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Other than getting a basketball stomach, I've had NO symptoms. Baby is also very, very quiet. She mostly sleeps during the day. If it weren't for insomnia, I would barely ever feel her, because she mostly only moves around at night.
If I didn't have any obvious physical signs (ie an expanding belly), I could probably brush off the odd bump here and there as gas. She seems to prefer to be sideways with her limbs down, kicking/punching at my butt.
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