Looking back at this makes me laugh, because I could have been one of those women on that show ‘I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant’. It wasn’t as if I had none of the symptoms of pregnancy; I had none of the proof. It started with the nausea and vomiting, then the flatulence and excessive use of the bathroom. You could say I was a textbook pregnant woman.
I had my period on time until my fifth month of pregnancy so that was not an indicator in any way. Feeling the way I felt I took a pregnancy test. My heart was thumping and my mind was racing. Two minutes felt like two hours all for a negative test. Negative. Ok, so I must be having a stomach bug or something.
Weeks went on and the symptoms seemed to worsen. I felt awful and decided to take another test, this one was inconclusive. Mr and I decided to see a doctor who took a blood sample, which was negative so he chalked my illness up to a severe case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I decided to go for a second and third opinion and the same came up – Negative urine and blood tests.
My health got worse and worse until I was admitted to hospital, convinced that I had colon cancer. The nurse drew multiple vials of blood and took another urine sample. “Do you think you could be pregnant?” she asked “I don’t know” I replied. I was exhausted and trying to mentally prepare myself for the worst. I remember crying in that hospital bed, because I had no idea what was wrong and how to fix it.
The next morning they did further pregnancy tests (still negative), but I was put on an IV which made me feel much better (I hadn’t eaten a full meal in weeks). The doctor came in and told me that they were going to wheel me down to have an ultrasound and I was booked for a scope at 3pm. I remember thinking ‘this is really happening; I have cancer’.
The woman was quite accommodating as she took the ultrasound. She hesitated, running the transducer probe over my stomach again and again. Then she stopped “Do you know you are pregnant?”
Let’s be honest – I wouldn’t have been there if I knew I was pregnant. So why weren’t all those pregnancy tests positive? I had low Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) levels, which is also known as the ‘pregnancy hormone’, hence the negative pregnancy tests. So it wasn’t cancer, it was a baby.
Did you have negative pregnancy tests, but you were pregnant? Do you have an interesting pregnancy test story to tell? Let me know! I’d love to hear from you.
Love and Blessings,
Love this post. I’m sorry you went through all that trauma and the unknown but what an amazing out come 🙂 x
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I’d take a baby over cancer any day. 🙂 Thanks for commenting. Have a beautiful week.
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What a traumatic experience to go through Lindsay, such a lot of angst and worry. But a beautiful outcome. 🙂 Hugs.
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Mr just laughed after he found out, because we were prepared for the worst.
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Thank God it wasn’t..
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Yes! It was a huge relief.
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When my mom was pregnant with my brother, she didn’t know she was pregnant till she was 6 months along! She had taken tests and they came back negative as well, and she was even on the pill. It was crazy haha
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Haha. We missed the first trimester. I probably would have found out later if I didn’t go to the hospital.
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Oh can I relate! I only went to the doctor for a checkup after having had a blood clot in my leg. He checked my blood and urine and did an exam and then told me I was 5 and a half months pregnant. I hadn’t had any symptoms at all. I had lost weight. Later that night I started bleeding and went into labor. Luckily my wonderful doctor put me on some stuff that made me feel like I was in a partial zombie state for another 6 weeks and then the labor came again. It was a long struggle but he turned out to be the Superman of my boys!
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Wow! So you also didn’t know you were pregnant. That must have been so scary. I’m so glad that your son was able to pull through. 🙂
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Shew ! that is quite a story, a bit scary as well !!! All I can say, is thank goodness it was a baby. x
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You can say that again 🙂
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What a great post! Even knowing outcome I still felt very tense for you! What a shame you had go through such an awful ordeal to be given such wonderful news!
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I was so happy it was ‘just a baby’. 🙂
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Probably one of the only situations where you can say that, too! 😄
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Haha. I never thought I would say that. Thank you for sympathising with me.
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I swear I knew the moment I got pregnant and I felt the egg implant in my uterus 3 days later. Lol. I didn’t bother with home tests, I just went to the doctor. I wonder if it’s strictly hormone levels that determine whether pregnancy will be easy or difficult. I”m sorry yours was so needlessly scary, Lindsay.
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I would have preferred an experience like yours. I have no idea. There are so many factors, but that baby didn’t want to be found. 🙂
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Wow! Interesting.
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Thanks so much. It was worth it in the end
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This read like an episode of Grey’s Anatomy! I’m glad things turned out happy 🙂 Good luck with the rest of the AtoZchallenge.
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Thanks so much. I remember crying thinking ‘I don’t want to die’.
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