Diagnosis fail in Britain.

[Geekchick921]

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There's to to be more to this story.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2885315/Docs-thought-baby-was-gout.html#ixzz0hh2SfIxG

Thoughts?

 

[loveoforganic]

Are you sexually active? No.

Are you sure? Yes.

Really really sure? Yes.

 

[DrMom]

abdominal pain in women < 50 = pregnancy test unless they've had a hysterectomy

 

[MiniMoo]

"I did feel like something was moving inside me as the months went on..."

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[morning]

I saw a whole show on this once. Most of the babies were born one of two ways: in the toilet (!!!) because the mother thought she was having intestinal distress, or FALLING TO THE FLOOR because they came out when she was standing up. I would have thought there'd be some instinct in us to give birth in a way that does not result in the baby falling a couple feet when it comes out. I've witnessed at least a dozen animal births - several cows, a couple sheep and horses and a bunch of cats - and all the animals knew exactly what to do...

 

[Mackey]

Her head looks gigantic.

 

[morning]

Her head looks gigantic.

To be fair, she is holding a baby.

Every girl knows the best way to look thin is to stand next to something much larger...or vice versa.

 

[Geekchick921]

I saw a whole show on this once. Most of the babies were born one of two ways: in the toilet (!!!) because the mother thought she was having intestinal distress, or FALLING TO THE FLOOR because they came out when she was standing up. I would have thought there'd be some instinct in us to give birth in a way that does not result in the baby falling a couple feet when it comes out. I've witnessed at least a dozen animal births - several cows, a couple sheep and horses and a bunch of cats - and all the animals knew exactly what to do...

I've seen the I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant show before, but the fact that this woman was in and out of the hospital several times and NO ONE caught that she was pregnant is beyond me.

All of these cases are about 99.9% complete and utter denial. I get that some women never get morning sickness, and that an anterior placenta can delay feeling fetal movement, but eventually, you do. It's not a friggin' chestburster, people. You're knocked up.

 

[Marcus Brody]

abdominal pain in women < 50 = pregnancy test unless they've had a hysterectomy

not in a socialized system 😀

 

[kami333]

I've seen the I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant show before, but the fact that this woman was in and out of the hospital several times and NO ONE caught that she was pregnant is beyond me.

Did you see the one where the woman almost dropped it into a campground toilet (the ones that get vaccumed out once a week)?

 

[Morsetlis]

This story happens in EMS a lot. Every single one of my instructors had one of these "surprise babies" from women who didn't "know" they were pregnant.

 

[DrMom]

not in a socialized system 😀

saving that $1 (or equivalent) on that urine dip pregnancy test serves everyone so well. 😉

 

[KeyzerSoze]

I've seen the I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant show before, but the fact that this woman was in and out of the hospital several times and NO ONE caught that she was pregnant is beyond me.

All of these cases are about 99.9% complete and utter denial. I get that some women never get morning sickness, and that an anterior placenta can delay feeling fetal movement, but eventually, you do. It's not a friggin' chestburster, people. You're knocked up.

I saw one of those recently where the woman claimed to have done 8 home pregnancy tests, all negative. Towards the end, they interviewed a doctor who delicately suggested that serum B-HCG tests were less "error-prone".

 

[vickpick]

I saw one of those recently where the woman claimed to have done 8 home pregnancy tests, all negative. Towards the end, they interviewed a doctor who delicately suggested that serum B-HCG tests were less "error-prone".

either the woman was not pregnant, or she didn;t read the instruction on how to use it.. may be she put it in her mouth like a thermometer?.. lol

people are stupid.

 

[MiniMoo]

people are stupid.

Very true.

I've heard of people using suppositories without first unwrapping it from the foil wrapper, then going to complain because their experienced rectal bleeding... patients taking vaginal tablets orally... etc. 🙄

 

[Sammich117]

Just.... wow....

 

[JBL35]

This chick has a few extra "layers for the players" if you catch my drift. It's not that uncommon for obese women to not know they are pregnant.

 

[Geekchick921]

I think some of you are not getting why I'm SO flabbergasted. She went to the hospital SEVERAL times over the course of her pregnancy, and somehow, no one ever asked her to pee on a stick, drew her blood to test, performed an ultrasound, nothing to check and see if she was pregnant. Everytime I've been to the hospital since I was 17 they've asked me if there's any chance of pregnancy, and the date of my last period (which also makes me give this whole situation the side-eye).

Then, when they FINALLY realized she was pregnant, in labor, no less, they told her she was only 3 months and discharged her. She came back 3 hours later and popped out the kid. Full term. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! Ball dropped.

 

[FIREitUP]

wow she must've been chunky to not realize she was a preggo.