12-year-old Dutch girl gives birth without knowing she is pregnant

[ShyGuyInChicago]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/8414947/12-year-old-gives-birth-during-school-trip.html

9:45PM BST 29 Mar 2011
"Neither the girl nor her family had realised she was pregnant, and there were no external signs to show it," a spokesman for the health services said, adding he did not know how many months pregnant the girl had been.
The girl, from Groningen in the north of the Netherlands, was on a day out on Tuesday last week with her classmates where she began to feel violent stomach pains, the spokesman said.
A supervisor thought the pains suspicious and alerted the emergency services.
When ambulance staff arrived they saw the girl was on the point of giving birth and rushed her to a nearby building where she had her baby.
Both "are doing well" in the maternity ward of a Groningen hospital, the spokesman said.

A social worker has been charged with looking after the welfare of the baby, he said, adding that this was standard practice in the Netherlands in such cases.

[TheMatrix]

wow......
you'd notice that you were pregnant earlier, i'd think.
strange........

[Magus]

Without knowing? I know someone is pregnant by looking at the bulge that's growing, people didn't notice that?

[Sage]

Quick, somebody start a religion! Dibs on prophet!

[Zephyr]

Tim is the new Mohammed.
How scary is that? ;)

Really though, you have to wonder what information the girl isn't letting people know though, or what could have possibly happened to her if she doesn't recall anything. You don't get pregnant without having sex in natural circumstances.

[Charleigh]

Surley she got fat? Right?

[Magus]

Surley she got fat? Right?That's what I have been wondering. She must have had cravings, and got a little fatter. And that, they couldn't notice? What about the bulge?

I bet the parents knew. But you know, even adults are hunting for attention.

[Sith Lord 13]

The bulge can be, at times, under certain conditions, so minuscule as to be unnoticeable.

[Continuum]

I bet the parents knew. But you know, even adults are hunting for attention.

Same here. I fear this is an elaborate hoax, just to gather attention (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax).

[Immortal Love]

Goodness, what a shock that must of been. Thats just far to young to birth a child.

[Roses_Are_Yellow]

I hope nothing bad happened to her to get pregnant.

I bet anybody, that if she says she's a virgin, a lot of people would praise her as the new virgin Mary... no offense to people of this religion....

[Suicune]

Without knowing she was pregnant? Yeah I'm sure one day the stork just stuck the baby right up there.

[ShatteredWings]

I've heard of this happining.

She's young and it's her first pregnancy, it's not that unusual for the 'bump' to just seem like a little pudge.

And even if she was sexually active, she may easily've been in the camp of "didn't know you could get pregnant before getting your period" which isn't fully true.


However. Fucking idiot.

[Commander Thor]

"My belly fat just kicked!"

[ShyGuyInChicago]

This is for those who want to know how you can not know you are pregnant. On a side note, if you ever have the chance I recommend you watch the show "I didn't know I was pregnant." It is very entertaining.


http://health.discovery.com/fansites/i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant/pregnancy-surprises.html

10. Fetus is small, inactive, and/or carried toward the back of the womb.
Believe it or not, sometimes babies just don't make a lot of commotion in utero. In addition, some women's babies rest naturally toward the back of the womb, so that motion and kicking aren't easily detected from outside the mother's body. Many women believe that fetal movements are just irregular or strong digestive activity!

9. Recent previous childbirth.
Many women continue to believe that they cannot get pregnant right after giving birth, or while they are breastfeeding. Additionally, menstrual cycles can be irregular, and women can continue to bleed vaginally for several weeks after childbirth. The truth is, some women ovulate - and can become pregnant - within the very first days after giving birth!

8. Dieting.
Women who are very active and watch their weight religiously may crank up their fitness routine and/or begin dieting when they notice a weight gain. Because of this, they may not gain weight as their pregnancy progresses.

7. Stress.
Stressful jobs, family, and personal lives contribute to irregular periods, and may cause women not to pay attention to their menstrual cycle, or to chalk up missing periods to stress.

6. Fetus is mistaken for a tumor or cyst.
In some cases, particularly when a woman has a history of endometriosis, fibroid cysts, or other tumors of the reproductive system, a fetus can be mistaken for a new or recurring tumor.

5. Obesity.
Carrying a lot of excess weight can perfectly disguise the "baby bump." Depending on how a woman's body deposits fat, she may have looked "a little bit pregnant" in the past, and neither she nor others notice the extra bulk of a fetus.

4. Inaccurate use of birth control.
Many women are certain they could not be pregnant because they use birth control. However, all birth control methods have a failure rate, and the chance of pregnancy goes up exponentially if birth control methods are not used exactly as indicated: missing pills, expired condoms, and similar problems can result in surprise pregnancies in women who are sure they are in the clear.

3. Breakthrough bleeding.
Some women continue to have period-like bleeding throughout their pregnancy; it may be lighter or irregular, or even coincide with a woman's usual "time of the month." These pseudo-periods can be enough to convince a woman that she's not pregnant.

2. Negative home pregnancy test.
Home pregnancy tests aren't fool-proof. Whether taken or read incorrectly, or simply giving a false reading, once a woman has tested negative for pregnancy at home, she may simply rule it out.

1. History of irregular cycles and/or infertility.
Not being able to get pregnant in the past, a history of missing or irregular periods, and/or being close to menopause can all fool a woman into thinking she couldn't be pregnant. The truth is, unless a method of birth control is used every time a woman has sex, she can get pregnant!

[Iron Man]

Same here. I fear this is an elaborate hoax, just to gather attention (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax).

Haha. 2009 was truly the year of idiots for that decade.

[User Deleted]

hold on.... how do we know this is legit?

[Infidelitas]

Wouldnt she notice that she missed her time of the month for 9 months??

[ShyGuyInChicago]

Wouldnt she notice that she missed her time of the month for 9 months??

Lots of women have vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, and the blood flow can be mistaken for a period.

[Continuum]

She might be put inside a cryo-statis chamber during her pregnancy, who knows. :yes:

[Magus]

She might be put inside a cryo-statis chamber during her pregnancy, who knows. :yes:She will be the pre-Ellen Ripley.

[Ambrosia]

Actually this happens, just not often. Some women never show the signs of pregnancy and sometimes the signs aren't major enough to be noticed. My own mother wasn't aware she was prengnat until around her 7th month.

[ShyGuyInChicago]

Lots of women have vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, and the blood flow can be mistaken for a period.

Also if she is 12 she may have gotten pregnant age 11 and there is the possibility that age 11 is before she would have gotten her period for the first time.