So called "surprise pregnancies" just boggle my mind. I read an article today about a mother of 3 who unexpectedly gave birth to her 4th child at home and said that she had no idea that she was pregant. A part of me is like "Come on lady, you've had 3 children already, you really didn't know with the 4th?" I understand the surprise pregnancies for women who've never had any children, don't have regular periods and are already overweight. I can see why they would miss the "signs" of a pregnancy but a mother of 3? I can understand if she was already overweight, and didn't gain much weight from the pregnancy or if her body masqueraded it very well. I can understand if she didn't have regular periods and it was not unusual for her to go 9months without a period. But what i can't understand is how she could blatently miss the kicks, stretches and punches of a baby at 7-9months if she is already well familar with those feelings. It's pretty obvious to a mother already what isn't "indigestion."
It just boggles me, just boggles me. But I suppose it is something that I will never be able to understand as I have a regular cycle when i'm not pregnant and my body, even though I'm overweight, still shows that I'm pregnant.
I guess it just goes to show that when it doubt take a pregnacy test no matter how experienced one may be
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