{"id":98757,"date":"2023-10-08T01:07:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T01:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=98757"},"modified":"2023-10-08T01:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T01:07:44","slug":"i-woke-at-2am-with-stomach-pain-then-i-felt-something-rush-out-of-me-i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/fashion\/i-woke-at-2am-with-stomach-pain-then-i-felt-something-rush-out-of-me-i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I woke at 2am with stomach pain – then I felt something rush out of me, I didn't know I was pregnant | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAURA Defreitas, 36, a bartender, lives in Dallas, Texas, with her fianc\u00e9 Blake, 39, also a bartender, and their daughter Phoenix, two.<\/p>\n

In August 2021 she unexpectedly gave birth to Phoenix while on the toilet, after experiencing what she thought was just stomach pains. <\/p>\n


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\u201cSurrounded by pink balloons, food and gifts, I smiled at my daughter enjoying the baby shower thrown in her honour. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s typical for showers to be held before a baby is born, but Phoenix, who was five days old, had other ideas. <\/p>\n

Just a week before, I\u2019d had no idea I was pregnant.<\/p>\n

Growing up as the eldest of six siblings, I\u2019d done lots of nappy-changing and babysitting, but I\u2019d never seen babies in my future. <\/p>\n

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It didn\u2019t feel like that was where my life would lead, and I was happy being an auntie.<\/p>\n

In January 2021, I was working as a bartender when I met Blake, who worked at the same venue.<\/p>\n

Blake had a daughter from a previous relationship and said he was \u2018one and done\u2019, which was fine with me.<\/p>\n

When we weren\u2019t working, we focused on having fun. <\/p>\n

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As spring turned into summer, we took day trips to theme parks and enjoyed nights out with friends. <\/p>\n

Then, in early August 2021, I caught Covid. <\/p>\n

For three weeks I was bed-bound, and when I was back on my feet, my clothes felt a little tight. <\/p>\n

Little wonder, I thought \u2013 unable to cook, I\u2019d survived on takeaways.<\/p>\n

I was still feeling a bit rough on August 25, Blake\u2019s birthday. <\/p>\n

My drinks tasted odd, but I put that down to Covid. <\/p>\n

On August 29, we were asleep in my apartment when I woke at 2am with a pain in my stomach. <\/p>\n

Blake got me some heated pads to ease the pain and I fell asleep again, thinking it might be an ovarian cyst, as I\u2019d had one in the past.<\/p>\n

But by 6am, the pain was worse. <\/p>\n

Leaving Blake to sleep, I ran a bath, but it didn\u2019t help.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I was in such agony, I began screaming. Blake ran into the bathroom and, thinking my appendix was bursting, called an ambulance. <\/p>\n

Unable to hear what the dispatcher was saying over my screams, he left the bathroom, and I somehow managed to get out of the bath and on to the toilet.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, I felt something rush out of me, and when I looked down, I couldn\u2019t believe my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There was blood in the toilet \u2013 and a baby. <\/p>\n

In shock, I screamed: \u2018There\u2019s a baby!\u2019 and Blake came rushing back into the bathroom.<\/p>\n

Together, we lifted the baby out of the toilet, and I felt such relief to hear a cry as Blake wrapped us both in towels. <\/p>\n

Ten minutes later, I was in an ambulance with my baby in my arms, racing to the hospital, where we were immediately separated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019d lost so much blood and my placenta hadn\u2019t completely delivered, so I was whisked into surgery, while the baby was checked over.<\/p>\n

Everything happened so fast, I didn\u2019t even know if I\u2019d had a son or daughter.<\/p>\n

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Out of surgery and waiting for my baby to be brought back to me, I phoned my mum Cathy and called her \u2018Grandma\u2019. <\/p>\n

She joyfully asked if I was pregnant, and when I explained I\u2019d just given birth, she didn\u2019t believe me. <\/p>\n

She\u2019d seen me just three weeks before with no bump.<\/p>\n

Although Blake and I hadn\u2019t been using contraception, I\u2019d assumed at 35, and having never had a single scare before, that I just couldn\u2019t get pregnant. <\/p>\n

Plus, I\u2019d continued having periods.<\/p>\n

Twelve hours after our daughter Phoenix\u2019s birth, we were reunited, and as I gazed down at her tiny, squishy face, everything but complete joy faded away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thinking about the alcoholic drinks I\u2019d had and rollercoasters I\u2019d been on while pregnant, my head spun. <\/p>\n

But despite weighing just 5lb, Phoenix was totally healthy. <\/p>\n

Doctors didn\u2019t know if she had come early or not, but she was perfect. <\/p>\n

The love I felt was so overwhelming, it overtook the shock, and Blake was equally besotted.<\/p>\n

Three days later, we were discharged from hospital. <\/p>\n

Friends and family rallied around with equipment, nappies and clothes, and threw us a baby shower. <\/p>\n

After two weeks at my mum\u2019s house, Blake, Phoenix and I all went to live at my apartment. <\/p>\n

Now our daughter is two, life is unicorns and play dates, rather than nights out and parties, but it\u2019s been amazing and Blake and I are stronger than ever. <\/p>\n

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\u00a0Around one in every 2,500 births is a \u201ccryptic pregnancy\u201d \u2013 where the mum doesn\u2019t know she is pregnant until labour starts.<\/p>\n

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