To Sage Moore,
to suggest to someone they would hide a pregancy, risk harm to their unborn child & themselves for the sake of what?? So no one would know?? Do you really think someone would be that self absorbed? I commented politely because although it is very rare & due to mitigating circumstances, full term or partial term pregnancies where the woman is unaware DO happen. Although women in circumstances like mine don't have to defend ourselves against the likes of you, I do because you're wrong & incredibly ignorant….especially to call someone you don't even know a liar, or dismiss them as talking nonsense or not wanting someone to know because you don't believe something is possible. I would love to have enjoyed the experience of being pregnant & had the time to plan & purchase things ahead of time, which would have been great opposed to my husband having to go out last minute & get everything on our credit card, not to mention ensure my baby had all the appropriate prenatal care - there's no fucking way I would be so selfish or crazy as to hide a pregnancy & put my child in danger like that. It would have been nice to have my own mother nearby, not halfway across the country as a month before my delivery she went to visit family out of town. And I suggest you talk to some Ob/Gyns for clarification, or again maybe educate yourself by reading that text I mentioned earlier…of course that would take work on your part & an open mind, so I realize it's not likely. There are reasons why you don't feel movement from the baby other than it possibly being dead, in my case as I stated, my pelvic bone which is shaped wrong, rectangular not heart shaped as most women have, did not allow enough room for movement or full dilation, it was a c-section, and she was transverse breech. I think I'll take the word of the experts & specialists @ my local hospital who have are in the medical field & have their degrees as opposed to someone like yourself whos' talking out their ass.

To suggest to someone they would hide a pregancy, risk harm to their unborn child & themselves for the sake of what?? So no one would know?? Do you really think someone would be that self absorbed? I commented politely because although it is very rare & due to mitigating circumstances, full term or partial term pregnancies where the woman is unaware DO happen.  Although women in circumstances like mine don't have to defend ourselves against the likes of you, I do because you're wrong & incredibly ignorant….especially to call someone you don't even know a liar, or dismiss them as talking nonsense or not wanting someone to know because you don't believe something is possible.  I would love to have enjoyed the experience of being pregnant & had the time to plan & purchase things ahead of time, which would have been great opposed to my husband having to go out last minute & get everything on our credit card, not to mention ensure my baby had all the appropriate prenatal care - there's no fucking way I would be so selfish or crazy as to hide a pregnancy & put my child in danger like that. It would have been nice to have my own mother nearby, not halfway across the country as a month before my delivery she went to visit family out of town.  And I suggest you talk to some Ob/Gyns for clarification, or again maybe educate yourself by reading that text I mentioned earlier…of course that would take work on your part & an open mind, so I realize it's not likely. There are reasons why you don't feel movement from the baby other than it possibly being dead, in my case as I stated, my pelvic bone which is shaped wrong, rectangular not heart shaped as most women have, did not allow enough room for movement or full dilation, it was a c-section, and she was transverse breech. I think I'll take the word of the experts & specialists @ my local hospital who have are in the medical field & have their degrees as opposed to someone like yourself whos' talking out their ass.

Dear Matt,  Let me give you a lesson in human sexuality/reproductive health.  I too was a woman who went the full 40 wks without knowledge of my pregnancy & still gave birth to a healthy infant, luckily for me & her, at my local hospital. Reasons 1-6 applied to me, so I think this qualifies me to comment on this issue. Prior to this experience I would never have thought this possible. The reactions I got ranged from rage (my Mother in law declared we had hid the pregnancy from her & I was the devil, even questioning the paternity) to joy (close friends were relieved we were safe!) to shock (my family, bewildered that it could happen) to how could you not know??? (from an Aunt who had asked a few months prior if I was pregnant, to which I responded no, not possible, still getting my periods, thanks! & thought she's just being bitchy/catty about my weight gain.  So, in the interest of science, here we go, since you're unaware.  1. Every womans cycle is different. Not all of us have a regular period every 28 days that consists of moderate to heavy bleeding.  2. It IS possible to have a period while you're pregnant. It usually happens when there is an issue with the fluid sac your baby is in. 3. Is this woman “plus size”? Does she have a wrong shaped pelvic bone (this would give the baby no room to move, another reason she would not have noticed (it can cause a Caesarean section to be necessary as your pelvic bone will not allow full dilation) 4. Could she have recently stopped smoking or drinking, causing her to think this was why she had gained weight? 5. Did she not experience the “milk leakage” during her pregnancy? Not all women have that “oh so fun” (not) experience. 6. No morning sickness? That one is always a plus! 7. Did she take a pregnancy test & get a negative? This sometimes happens. I say this not maliciously because apart from calling her “the most clueless person in the world” you seem polite about your shock at her situation. I would also politely suggest reading a textbook on these matters, because you would be surprised at all the stuff they don't teach in sex ed. After my experience, I read everything I could find on human sexuality/reproductive health because your first thought is, if this wasn't covered in sex ed, what ELSE wasn't? (like the extremely rare case in Dallas recently where a woman gave birth to twins who were fathered by 2 different men…YES you read that right!).  So anyways, sorry for the long comment, but I hope it makes you reconsider your opinion on the subject & what you called this woman.