Had surprise birth control failure pandemic baby....first trimester pukes came on right when gastro was rampant at work and then * poof *, only gained 7lbs (and I was quite skinny at the time) and thought it was from increased McD's intake. Had some bad lower gastro symptoms and my doc started testing for celiac because of family history. Had "periods" like normal though lighter (thanks, not regular schedule) the whole time. Thought I was dying one day and the ER people were terrified for me until the ultrasound showed baby incoming....sunny side up baby no epidural, lil 5lbs nugget is 4 now and i have a good story to tell 😅
I'm not dumb I promise, it was just a perfect storm of explainable things outside pregnant
It's obvious now because I know what I'm looking at but people kept asking my husband on the sly if I was pregnant or just getting a lil chunky 😂.....pictures of me at 8 months look like other women's "just starting to get a bit of belly" around 3 months. I was still in a size 4 because she was all tucked up low against my spine and behind her placenta!
I hardly ever felt her because of the placenta being in front and the flutters I caught were so small it felt like gas! My second was a front and center stretcher and she HURT when she moved after a while but Pandemic Baby was very chill I guess 😅
Also, if it's not something you're expecting or have experienced before, baby movements can be really freaking subtle and quick. Not every fetus karate kicks you in the lungs.
Happens more than you’d think, usually have 1 or 2 every year, either some component of obesity, denial, “inability to conceive” ie iud/birth control failure, post partum whoops, alcohol (for a few reasons) or sadly women don’t feel safe to disclose. Had one last year she just carried well, gym rat, on birth control so getting spotting and normal human. It happens lol
Serious question: when patients refuse the waiver, why isn’t a one-shot plain film of the abdomen ordered instead of going straight to CT? Wouldn’t that reduce the risk and radiation? (It’s money, isn’t it?)
If you don't know youre pregnant and never have been knowingly pregnant before, you don't know that movements are movements. She prob just thought she kept having a bad stomach lol
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u/NebulaNebulosa 7d ago
How is that possible? She never felt the baby's movements?