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i was fascinated by that show. it truly is amazing they didn't know they were pregnant until they went into labor!

These people must be in major denial. I don't see how it is possible for you to not know once the baby starts moving around at least?

@artbee: that is what i assume but you'd still be able to feel movement sometimes???

Yeah, some of the women I think are just ridiculous and in denial. I mean, some of them will say, "Looking back on it, there were a lot of symptoms, but..." and I think those ones are in denial. But some of them have good reason. I remember there was one where the woman had a nervous system disorder or something so she wouldn't have felt anything, and she had irregular periods her entire life. I can kind of see that. I think the ones where they took a pregnancy test and it was negative are kind of understandable, as are the ones where the person has always had irregular periods and have been told that they couldn't conceive.

Honestly, with my daughter I didn't have any morning sickness and didn't show until I was 32 weeks. I definitely started feeling her kick around 16 weeks, but if I had irregular periods, I might not have known I was pregnant until then. And I probably would have dismissed that as gas for the first few weeks or so. So I could see going to 20 weeks or so without knowing from my own personal experience. Luckily my periods are like clockwork, so as soon as I missed it I suspected something was up.

This time I had morning sickness, but also recognize my uterus expanding and things like that. That's why the ones that I don't understand AT ALL are the ones where the person has already given birth before.

@Andrea: This is what shocks me too! So many of these women drink and smoke and do all sorts of crazy things all through their pregnancies but end up with totally healthy babies.

@artbee: Yeah, I’m still a big judgy skeptic lol ;-p

That show does make me feel better though when I realize I’ve forgotten to take my prenatal for several days, or eaten lots of “bad” foods in a day. Those women never saw a doctor, drank, never changed their diets, never took prenatals and their babies all seem fine. (Of course most of those "can't do's" are recent medical recommendations in the history of birthing babies, but still.)

The other thing I have trouble believing are the women who give birth on the toilet because they thought they were having a bm. Granted, I’ve never given birth before so maybe its just so much pain you can't tell…but those are two totally different areas.

haven't seen that show. the only way i could believe someone didn't know they were pregnant is if they were already way overweight. so an extra 10 pounds or so wouldn't have seemed weird to them. and if they didn't get morning sickness.

i do think it's weird that they'd give birth in a toilet or something. didn't they feel contractions?

I went to about 5 months without knowing I was pregnant. I didn't get any actual symptoms and wasn't really overweight at the time but Ive always had pretty big weight fluxuations plus my belly didn't go out until 7 months. I knew I was pregnant when I started feeling movement. I don't understand how anyone could ignore the movement though...craziness.

I have a cousin who is in her late 40's. Her and her husband tried for years to get pregnant, including IVF, never being able to conceive. They gave up trying about 15 years ago. 3 months ago she went to the doctor for what she was assuming were menopause issues and found out she was 37 weeks pregnant. She delivered a happy healthy baby, but we were all in shock.

I think that if you aren't looking for some symptoms you may be able to over look them.

HAHA. I thought I was pregnant a few times since having my LO too.

@artbee: I have an anterior placenta & can assure you that the baby can still be felt regardless. a girlfriend of mine had a double anterior placenta & her belly still rolled, esp when she was further along in her pregnancy

I've never seen the show myself, but hear about one lady who never gained any weight {and was in pretty good shape/didn't need to lose anything}, had always had irregular periods due to some sort of medical condition, & took 2 at home pregnancy tests *and* went to the doctor for a test - all came back negative. I mean, if your dr tells you you aren't pregnant & you never gain weight? her baby was really small, too, from what I remember hearing on the radio. but still.