That statement is incredibly crazy to me . . . which is why TLC has made a fairly successful, poorly reenacted show I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant. This show is ridiculous and shocking (and for that matter, ridiculously shocking) in more ways than one. I just can't understand how you don't know you're freakin' pregnant. Now, I will give you, that most of the time, these women say they gained little to no weight, which could throw you off. I mean, I gained what seemed like a gazillion pounds, so I was glad that I, at least, had the excuse that I was pregnant (retaining 15 pounds of retained water, on top of my preggo weight gain was no picnic). But still, there are other signs, people! It just seems so ludicrous that a entire child can grow in your uterus and you are completely clueless until the "big day". Whatever. (And as a side note, if I did not know I was pregnant until I was delivering a child, I surely would NOT go on TV and have bad actors play out the crazy situation while I was chatting away about it like it just so normal to not know you are having a baby until there is one literally coming out of you. I mean, aren't you embarrassed by that sort of thing?)
Anyway - the whole point of that little rant was that, after watching several episodes of "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" with my family on vacation this summer, my Dad told me about his very own "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" adventure. (No, he wasn't pregnant and didn't know it, don't worry.)
My Dad works as an anesthesiologist, so he gives many epidurals for women in labor. I guess a couple months ago a girl and her mom came in to the ER, as the girl (in her early twenties) was complaining of stomach cramps. My dad said the girl was a little chubby, perhaps, but not so big that you would not notice something of this magnitude (like a BABY inside you). But yet, the doctor had to inform her that after they did some blood work and an ultra sound: "Honey, you're 8 months pregnant and you're going to have a baby tonight!" My dad also mentioned that he overheard the mom say to the daughter, "Well, I guess we're not going to Vegas this weekend . . ."
Yeah- I guess you're not.
