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Some women are not aware that they are pregnant due to a series of factors.
Many more women are now learning to identify cryptic pregnancies due to the recent efforts that researchers have made to educate them on this matter. According to medical reports, it is possible for some women to go through the entire pregnancy without being aware of it until labor.
Judy Brown from Massachusetts, 47 years old, is one of the women, who has recently experienced a cryptic pregnancy. The woman told the press that she went to the Beverly Hospital on Friday evening because she felt sick and had severe stomach pains.
After a first investigation, medical experts have concluded that the woman did not suffer from gallstone as she initially thought, but she was actually expecting a baby. The woman immediately went into labor and delivered an 8-pound and 2-ounce baby girl.
As strange as it may seem, doctors admit that it is possible for many women to be pregnant without knowing it. This happens because symptoms are barely visible and they can sometimes be associated with other health condition that women may be suffering from.
In Judy Brown’s case, the 47-year-old woman, was expecting to go into menopause, so she didn’t pay too much attention to her missing period. Doctors, on the other hand, have further stated that some women may still experience spotting even during pregnancy, which makes it even harder to recognize.
According to gynecologist Kimberly Gecsi from Cleveland’s University Hospitals, cryptic pregnancies are incredibly common among women, who have irregular periods. They assume the missing period is something normal and they don’t suppose they are expecting a baby.
There are other aspects that cause women to miss their pregnancies, such as, the fact that some fetuses are very calm and they rarely move in the womb. Moreover, the mother does not experience fatigue or morning sickness – two of the symptoms that get women thinking they might be pregnant.
Doctors advise women, who do not have regular periods to take repeated pregnancy tests as the latter may not be accurate. They should discuss their condition with their gynecologists, even if they believe they may have entered menopause because they are the only ones that can establish whether the patient has completely lost her period or not.
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