https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:29:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-835864 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:10:39 +0000 cavalierkcs 835864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dapple Grey: right there with you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-835578 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:03:49 +0000 PrincessBaby 835578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: This.</p> <p>When I read this yesterday and it talked about her being a marathon runner, I envisioned a tiny little skinny athletic woman. I saw her on Today. She is not really skinny and seemed to carry most of her weight in her middle, so the story made more sense to me once I saw her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-835487 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:46:52 +0000 Corduroy 835487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just saw on the Today show clip about this, "A study done in Germany that found 1 out of 475 women who delivered a baby did not realize they were pregnant." Holy cow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834189 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:11:28 +0000 autumnlove 834189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't buy these stories! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834100 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:36:31 +0000 MsLipGloss 834100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: I agree! Never underestimate someone's ability to self-deceive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834086 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:29:38 +0000 HabesBabe 834086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: LOL. even with Mrs. Jacks' explanations, it's still mind boggling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834062 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:21:58 +0000 birdofafeather 834062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: i wondered the same thing!! @Mrs. Jacks: thanks for clearing it up!</p> <p>i still think this is insane. i cannot imagine not knowing i was pregnant for this long. 5-6 months maybe, but 35 weeks and giving birth?! heck no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834053 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:18:10 +0000 78h2o 834053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Denial is a powerful thing! If it's not in your brain as a possibilry (I.e., husband's vasectomy), then it's less likely to register.</p> <p>Still, so hard to imagine not knowing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834029 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:05:33 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 834029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After reading the article, in her case I kind of get it. She's clearly overweight but working out so not gaining anymore weight, husband had a vasectomy, and she was not even thinking of the possibility. I'll give a pass on this one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834025 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:03:48 +0000 runsyellowlites 834025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Think about this more I got huge BUT b/c of an anterior placenta I almost never felt P kick... I guess that could've attributed?.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834024 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:03:47 +0000 Bao 834024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's so odd she felt no movement, her husband had a vasectomy, she didn't notice she didn't have a period and she didn't gain weight? Wow...kinda hard to believe but stranger things have happened. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834021 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:02:36 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 834021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Was she an obese half marathon runner?</p> <p>How else can you not show with a baby bump? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834019 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:00:40 +0000 yoursilverlining 834019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: I'm right there with you calling a big BS on all the "I didn't know I was pregnant, I went to bathroom and had a baby" stories. Those women are either in complete denial or their pants are totally on fire. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-834015 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:58:23 +0000 Corduroy 834015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A girl I know had a surprise "what do you mean I'm in labor" baby in February, same gestational age as my LO. She wasn't as fit as this woman but after that I'm willing to accept that it happens. </p> <p>I just wonder how easy some women's pregnancies must be if they can go 9 months without noticing. You never hear of someone that knew they were pregnant not having any symptoms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833969 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:36:29 +0000 jh524 833969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unreal!! I just find it hard to believe that she didn't feel any movement especially having children before....silly woman. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833899 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:07:27 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 833899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: There's a test that you administer to newborns called a Ballard which aids in dating them. Especially important for all these people who "don't know" they are pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833888 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:03:39 +0000 dookie32 833888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope don't believe this. No way. You've already had 2 kids! It's not like you could have no clue what pregnancy feels like!! Didn't you wonder why you didn't get your period for 9 months?! I don't know what the medical term is but there has to be some kind of disorder where you are mentally able to convince yourself you truly aren't pregnant. Like when Peggy had Pete's baby on "Mad Men". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833803 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:35:17 +0000 Dapple Grey 833803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm hoping for a pregnancy like this..dang! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833791 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:29:36 +0000 Maysprout 833791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: Yeah I agree, I can't imagine not noticing on myself or understanding why I was gaining weight in such an odd way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833771 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:22:30 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 833771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never been pregnant, but I can't comprehend it either. </p> <p>The only thing that stuck out to me was that her husband had a vasectomy, so unless she was sleeping around she probably thought there was no possible way she could get pregnant. So pregnancy being the cause of her symptoms didn't cross her mind.</p> <p>ETA - I found of video with an interview of baby and the mom:<br /> <a href="http://kstp.com/news/stories/s3056877.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://kstp.com/news/stories/s3056877.shtml</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833764 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:21:39 +0000 Grace 833764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've talked to someone who didn't know she was pregnant until 7 months. She attributed baby kicks to gas, thought she was gaining a little weight etc. Another girl didn't know until 5 months and she had a pre-existing heart condition, so she thought she was seriously ill. But she also thought she couldn't get pregnant, so it didn't cross her mind.</p> <p>I'm guessing that because the runner's husband had a vasectomy, she thought it wasn't possible for her to be pregnant and therefore made up all sorts of excuses for her symptoms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833713 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:05:46 +0000 Mrs. Pen 833713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: well that's what I thought- whether or not she has amenorrhea, she is likely very for and thin if she's training for half marathons! How do you not notice?! Even if you work out during pregnancy, you can't keep the stomach small! It's just so bizarre. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833671 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:53:36 +0000 Foodnerd81 833671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Yeah, I considered that, but then I would think it's because you work out a ton and are really thin, so that points even more to it being visibly noticeable. And like you said-- she's been pregnant before, so how would she not recognize the kicks? I could see if you were in high school and in denial about the whole thing and thinking it was indigestion (well, I can't see that either, but ever so slightly more believable) but she's had babies before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833653 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:50:17 +0000 Crisark 833653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833646 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:49:04 +0000 Mrs. Pen 833646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: maybe because she's a runner she has amenorrhea?? I've heard that's common. </p> <p>This is soooo crazy to me. And if she's a runner she is likely very fit, - so how do you not grow AT ALL in the stomach? Or feel any kicks? And she was pregnant three times before, how could it be so drastically different. SOOO ODD!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833635 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:45:13 +0000 ladyfingers 833635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh come on, this is crazy! Like others said, she must be in good shape, you wouldn't notice even the SMALLEST baby bump? Even the smallest late-term one I've ever seen, the girl still looked 6 months pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833581 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:25:47 +0000 swurlygurl 833581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: I can believe hiding it from people, but surely your cousin wouldn't have not been able to tell on her own body (I feel like I worded that awkwardly, hopefully you get what I'm saying! Haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833545 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:10:16 +0000 Pepper 833545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm also in camp "how does this stuff happen?!" My child kicks and rolls and shakes my stomach so much... it'd be impossible for me to brush it off. I mean, my coworkers point out his movement as I stand and talk to them! Also, a 6lb baby would make somewhat of a bump on anyone, I'd think. I just don't get it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833543 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:09:41 +0000 HabesBabe 833543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry, but I call bullsh*t on every single one of these cases. There was not ONE SINGLE moment when she thought she was pregnant?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/runner-gives-birth-to-surprise-baby#post-833537 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:08:24 +0000 Maysprout 833537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Running was my first sign of pregnancy both times. It hits me like a freight train, I just have such a hard time getting up to speed, though the second time I attributed it to having a sinus infection. And then in my third trimester I could def feel the weight of the baby when I ran, crazy you wouldn't notice when you're running that long.<br /> @swurlygurl: I used to think that except my cousin who is quite thin hid her pregnancy from her family. The baby was born a month early and in the winter so she could wear baggy clothes. I saw her when she was 5 months pregnant and just thought her face looked a little bigger than normal but didn't notice a bump at all. </p>