In a very bizarre but interesting tale, a mother-of-three has said she found out she was pregnant only minutes before she gave birth.
Karin Fortwangler, from Audubon, Pennsylvania, U.S., welcomed her fourth child last month.
According to Metro UK, the mum said she was experiencing missing periods and fatigue but thought it was due to breastfeeding and being busy with her three children.
She also experienced nausea but thought she caught a stomach virus from her younger children.
Fortwangler had some sickness but it came at the same time her kids Charlotte, Roger and Caroline had all been sick with a vomiting bug, so she’d never thought she could be having another baby, until she started to experience labor pains.
She said to Metro;
Labour is a pretty distinct feeling so I was fairly certain it had to be either that or some bizarre form of kidney stones. My husband was getting up to get ready for work (at about 5:15am).
So I said to him ‘You’re going to think I’m crazy, because I think I’m crazy, but I think I may be in labour’.
Almost an hour later, Fortwangler and her husband rushed to the hospital so doctors could perform an ultrasound.
She revealed that;
Almost as soon as they had the ultrasound wand on my belly, the doctor said ‘Yep! There’s a baby in there!’
They said that they were going to run a few more tests and then see what they could do to stop labour because ideally, they would like to get the baby to 36-37 weeks gestation before he/she is born.
Just three hours after waking up with pains and just 20 minutes after the ultrasound confirmed Fortwangler was having a baby, she gave birth to a baby girl named Katherine Allison Fortwrangler.
She said her daughter is healthy, despite being underweight.
