Apr 17, 2009
Today’s “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant!” Report: Michigan Edition
I am utterly fascinated by these tales of women who “didn’t know” they were pregnant and — SURPRISE! — pop out an eight-pounder in a McDonald’s bathroom. “WE HAD NO IDEA!” Kind of like parents who “have no idea” their sons with an affinity for feathered hats and “Hello, Dolly!” are gay.
Denial: not just a river in Africa. Or what I employ when I try to pull on my pre-pregnancy jeans.
A couple in Michigan, Carri and Ryan Emmons, recently had this very experience when the father called 911 in a panic because his wife was — SURPRISE! — giving birth in their bathtub.
The dispatcher reports that she could hear Carri yelling that she “thinks she’s having a baby,” quickly followed by Carri screaming something a bit more definitive: “The head is out!”
I’m no doctor, but yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s one of the signs of labor.
“Oh my God, I’m looking at a baby,” the 31-year-old father announced as the dispatcher tried to calm him down and get an address to send medical personnel.
“I didn’t know my wife was pregnant,” Ryan said of his 27-year-old wife, already a mother of three.
“You didn’t know she was pregnant?” the dispatcher asked.
“No, no,” Ryan answers. “(I) had no idea my wife was pregnant.”
And when you see this picture of Carri taken just days before giving birth, you’ll see why they had no idea:
Yes, this is a joke
Well, no wonder!
Eize
says:
I can see why it was such a surprise!
April 17th, 2009 at 4:59 pm -stell
says:
Is that picture real?
April 20th, 2009 at 12:09 am -How is that possible?
Candy
says:
No, I’m just being a smart-ass, as usual!
April 20th, 2009 at 12:41 am -ellee
says:
Of course, my friend knew, but no one else at work knew my size 8 friend was pregnant until she left for a scheduled C-section and maternity leave. We were field engineers at the time – working out in the hot sun on construction sites all day. She’d actually been chase by a pack of feral dogs laying soil borings out on a site at about 8 months along. Moral of the story: You can be a normal-sized woman and still not look pregnant. I still don’t understand how you wouldn’t know yourself, though, particularly when you already have multiple kids.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am -ididntknowiwas
says:
im one of the ppl that didnt know i was pregnant. i wasnt big. i still had something every month. i went to the hospital thinking i had food poisoning only to find out i was in labour. ya fun times. ppl can tell me all they want “oh u must of known” but i didnt. my family didnt know and my friends didnt know. its was really a surprise. although ppl’s reactions after was funny. “i just seen u and u werent big”. i had also been told years before i couldnt have kids. so i didnt really pay attention to what was going on around me. i now have a beautiful 15 months old son.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:38 am -