She and her husband were shocked at the diagnosis -- a full-term pregnancy in active labor! Needless to say, she was taken to surgery for another C-section. -- RN IN TEXAS
DEAR ABBY: In late November of 1964, I went to my M.D. with a horrible backache. I'd had my periods all along and no abdominal discomfort. After examining me, he congratulated me on my near-term pregnancy!
Needless to say, I was caught off guard and questioned the diagnosis. My daughter was born two months later. You could call it the shortest pregnancy ever.
By the way, I'm a nurse and have seen this happen more than once. -- SHERRY IN NEVADA
DEAR ABBY: I had my period the whole nine months. I only learned I was pregnant at seven months because I passed out. I also know of an OB nurse who didn't know she was pregnant until she delivered. (Boy, was SHE surprised!)
If the girl in that letter got pregnant because of rape or sexual abuse, she may have blocked the memory of it happening. As for not knowing what was happening during and after delivery -- if she had blocked out the traumatic event, then she may have blocked out the birth process as well. -- FUTURE COUNSELOR IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
DEAR ABBY: I worked for a school of medicine in the Southwest for seven years, and I was amazed at the number of women who had no idea they were pregnant or how it had happened. Sadly, there are still groups of people out there who don't discuss sex, and the consequences of unprotected sex, with their children. Unlikely as it seems, that poor girl may have been telling the truth when she said she "didn't know what was going on." Hopefully, she will now become better educated about such things. -- CONNIE IN COLORADO
첫댓글 flabbergasted : shocked by the unexpected ; I was absolutely flabbergasted at what she was paid.
abdominal : [not gradable] This virus causes terrible abdominal pain.
abdomen : the part of the body that contains the stomach, bowels, and other organs in a person or animal
pelvic : a pelvic examination
pelvis : the bones that form a bowl-shaped structure in the area below the waist at the top of the legs, to which the leg bones and spine (= row of bones in the back) are joined
pseud(o)- prefix MAINLY DISAPPROVING not real; pretended: pseudo-religious ; a pseudo-intellectual