r/interesting • u/IshigamiSenku04 • 1d ago

This woman never had a baby bump throughout her pregnancy MISC.

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The baby was totally fine

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u/Fuzzy-Satisfaction37 1d ago

I had a friend who had no clue until she when to the hospital with severe stomach cramps, she was actually in labour. Shocked the hell out of everyone.

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u/Artistic_Account630 1d ago

This happened to my sister in law!!

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u/Gettheinfo2theppl 1d ago

As a man….that sounds like the scariest thing possible. Like you don’t get 9 months to consider all these things about motherhood. stomach pains to life long commitment.

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u/Scheavo406 1d ago

Not sure why I want to make this darker, but…

Ever hear the stories of a baby being dumped in the garbage and other similar stories where you’re made to think the woman was somehow a monster?

I know a few of those involve pregnancies like this. Where a woman doesn’t know, and then is suddenly giving birth. 

Even worse, is cases where the pregnancy itself is because of trauma, like rape. 

The world can truly be such an evil place. It’s a shame when our society doubles down on that, instead of trying to counter it

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u/weggaan_weggaat 1d ago

Oh yea that makes some sense. Still, better to at least drop them at the fire department or similar place. I think even my local bus operator puts the sign on all their vehicles.

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u/Riddles_ 1d ago

not everyone has access to those places, and the threat of persecution that exists around not wanting to be pregnant or raise a child makes it dangerous for women to seek these places out. abandonment, endangerment, and negligence are all charges that can be slapped on these unwilling mothers

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u/weggaan_weggaat 1d ago

Yes, I imagine that leaving them at a police station would be fraught with...challenges.

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u/Colemania18 1d ago

There is no excuse for leaving a helpless innocent baby to die in a trash can

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u/GildedLily16 1d ago

There are many reasons one would do so, and I do think it could be excusable. Fear is a major motivator, but it doesn't always leave one rational. Add in the hormonal changes, the emotional toll this decision likely takes, and they decide it's better that the baby be able to make noise and has a chance to be found than to strangle the baby and become a monster.

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u/Riddles_ 1d ago

wish you had been one of em, bud

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u/Colemania18 1d ago

School shooters have mental health issues and tragic back stories too, do you also excuse them for their actions?

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u/Riddles_ 1d ago edited 1d ago

to an extent, yeah. they’re a symptom of the absolutely horrific state of mental health care in the us. if you don’t have enough empathy to understand that then go develop some

edit: to anyone who thinks they’d respond differently than the young women forced into these situations, read this: https://www.nwhjournal.org/article/S1091-5923(15)30495-7/abstract

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u/kennylogginswisdom 1d ago

I just saw a true crime doc about this very thing.

The young lady was giving birth then putting them in suitcases as she simply didn’t know what to do.

Know one knew she was pregnant not even her boyfriend. I wondered how could he not know!?

Now I see.

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u/BicycleOfLife 1d ago

I’ve had a few bowl movements like this.

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u/Yggdrasil- 1d ago edited 1d ago

My cousin's wife as well! She was 40 and they had given up entirely on having kids years ago, and then suddenly they were coming home with a baby. The universe works in weird ways.

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u/Abject_Presentation8 1d ago

This happened to my aunt and uncle, but they did find out a few months into the pregnancy. They tried from their late 20s into their early 40s. They finally made peace with the fact that they were never going to have children, and decided to get back into the hobbies they enjoyed when they were younger. Both were big into the motorcycle scene. Shortly after, my aunt started experiencing weird symptoms she never had before, and believed she was peri-menopausal. She went to the Dr. to have blood work done to check her hormone levels. A day later the Dr calls her with the results, telling her she wasn't menopausal, but congratulated her on her pregnancy.

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u/badgyalrey 1d ago

this happened to one of my best friends, she was 17 at the time so it was doubly shocking😅

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u/Electrical_Coast_561 1d ago

Really? Nine months with no period? No red flags went up for her?

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u/MissAuroraRed 1d ago

If your birth control fails, I think it could be easy to miss. A lot of BC makes periods less frequent, less regular, or stop completely.

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u/Flying-Frog-2414 1d ago

Nah

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u/accidentalscientist_ 1d ago

No, that’s true. I haven’t had one in over a year and a half due to birth control.

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u/Squid_A 1d ago

IUD - no period for most women

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u/lunalovesspace 1d ago

Nah? It’s very true. I haven’t had my period for two years because of my birth control. My friend hasn’t had her for 10+ years for the same reason.

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u/Epic_Brunch 1d ago

When I was taking BC I almost never had a period. 

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u/Rahakanji 1d ago

It's not unusual to have "periods" or better some form of bleeding during pregnancys. It's just far weaker than normal.

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u/naivemetaphysics 1d ago

Oh this is also true. I had spotting while pregnant. It confused me the first time.

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u/stiggybigs1990 1d ago

Some women don’t have periods that often my wife may have one every two years

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u/Flying-Frog-2414 1d ago

Is your wife 50?

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u/stiggybigs1990 1d ago

Nope shes been that way since she hit puberty like I said some women just don’t have regular periods

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u/davosknuckles 1d ago

This is correct. After having my first child, I never got regular periods again.

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u/bladegal16 1d ago

Dude, educate yourself on women lol

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u/contentbookworm 1d ago

I would have thought the same thing a couple of years ago. But there is implantation bleeding that can seem like a normal period. And some women actually get bleeding while pregnant.

Truly, so many women don't realize they are pregnant in the first trimester, which is one of the reason early abortion bans are controversial.

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u/naivemetaphysics 1d ago

Especially when the first 3 weeks for the “40 weeks” you haven’t even had the sex yet to get pregnant due to how they count.

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u/Realistic-Anything-5 1d ago

I had a normalish period every month the first six months I was pregnant. I also was throwing up so much and turned so anemic I was basically a fainting goat so I was seeking medical care and knew I was pregnant that way.

It's entirely possible to have your period while pregnant.

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u/Dianapdx 1d ago

My sister had her period until 24 weeks. She went to the doctor at 20 weeks when she felt a mass in her abdomen. It was a baby.

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u/DilligentlyAwkward 1d ago

It's almost like you don't really understand women's bodies

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u/Just-Diamond-1938 1d ago

Which not all functioning exactly the same... surprise baby does exist!

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u/queenlybearing 1d ago

It is completely possible to menstruate during pregnancy. Speaking from experience.

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u/AltairaMorbius2200CE 1d ago

Well, to bleed; menstruation is another matter! But bleeding is actually pretty common!

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u/Quitbeingobtuse 1d ago

Bleed, yes, menstruate, by definition, no.

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u/Epic_Brunch 1d ago

If you're a woman with a very low BMI, you may not get regular periods. There are also many health issues like PCOS that cause irregular periods. So I could see how you might get to nine months thinking it's just your body acting up again. 

Also, some birth control stops periods. So if your BC failed, but you're not getting periods, you might not be aware that nothing is wrong 

When I was pregnant with my son (I knew I was pregnant since I was actively trying), I had zero pregnancy symptoms up until the third trimester when I finally started showing. I have a really long torso I guess, so I just looked kinda bloated. I never had a cute baby bump. I also never had any morning sickness and because of the way the placenta was (anterior instead of posterior), I never really felt a lot of kicking either, despite him being super active when we did ultrasounds.

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u/GiveOverAlready 1d ago

Birth control can stop periods. I've not had mine in a couple of years.

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u/Lexafaye 1d ago

Some women with cryptic pregnancies have reported that they still had periods (or at least bleeding that resembled a period)

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u/naivemetaphysics 1d ago

I don’t get a period when on BC. It can also fail.

After my miscarriage I didn’t get a period for 6 months and it stayed that way until my OBGYN gave me medication to help.

When I was in my teens through college I got my period once every 5-9 months depending on stress levels.

It is easy for women to struggle knowing. Also you don’t miss your period when it isn’t coming and frequently when you ho in for missed periods they will jump to things like stress or anxiety and push you out of the office. If you don’t get fatigue or morning sickness (which for my first pregnancy I did not get), they assume other things.

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u/Shadow_in_Wynter 1d ago

I have an IUD. I haven’t had a period for 12 years. And some women have irregular periods for other medical reasons. Losing too much weight can make them stop. Gymnasts frequently stop having cycles due to their exercise routines. Periods aren't a perfect precision process. It happens.

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u/Umarill 1d ago

Lots of women have weird periods, not everyone is on a 28 day perfect menstrual cycle. You can also, in rare cases, get your period even while pregnant.

This is why men should not make decisions about women's bodies because they do not understand it.

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u/jinsaku 1d ago

My wife had a friend who went to the bathroom one day and had a child in the toilet.