# She Didn't Know she was pregnant? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520 "2010-02-03T15:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/61 "2010-02-04T19:41:40Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Yeah…wouldn’t you feel that something was coming out of your vagina, and not your bottom? Though I guess you do have BMs during labor, but wouldn’t you also notice the huge head filling your vagina? Giving birth felts JUST like having the biggest, most constipated poop of my life. (ETA: with contractions - but the pushing part - just like sitting on the toilet). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/62 "2010-02-04T19:44:13Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Giving birth felts JUST like having the biggest, most constipated poop of my life. > > (ETA: with contractions - but the pushing part - just like sitting on the toilet). But didn’t it feel more vaginal than rectal? Because my anus doesn’t like the thought of anything bigger than a grape coming out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/63 "2010-02-04T19:45:04Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Giving birth felts JUST like having the biggest, most constipated poop of my life. > > (ETA: with contractions - but the pushing part - just like sitting on the toilet). But, you couldn’t tell where it was coming out? Really? I mean, I have never been pregnant, but I would have thought you could tell what was going on down there… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/64 "2010-02-04T20:05:57Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Yeah…wouldn’t you feel that something was coming out of your vagina, and not your bottom? Though I guess you do have BMs during labor, but wouldn’t you also notice the huge head filling your vagina? When I was delivering my second child- I kept asking if I was delivering ok because I thought I was having a bowel movement. I kept asking with each push. I’m telling you- it’s actually what it felt like to me with baby #2. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/65 "2010-02-04T20:47:31Z")
I can see how that would work. My experience with an ectopic pregnancy was that I mistook the pain for gastrointestinal isses. My whole abdomen hurt like a sumbitch. I can see how labor pains could also be misinterpreted, and when you’re both distracted by and think you know the cause of one pain, you’d be less likely to notice specifically where the pain is originating. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/66 "2010-02-04T20:57:39Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > But didn’t it feel more vaginal than rectal? Because my anus doesn’t like the thought of anything bigger than a grape coming out of it. Its a little like a toothache. You know you have a tooth that hurts, but pinpointing EXACTLY which tooth can be a little tricky. Nope, I couldn’t discern. Maybe other women can. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/67 "2010-02-04T21:04:00Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Giving birth felts JUST like having the biggest, most constipated poop of my life. > > (ETA: with contractions - but the pushing part - just like sitting on the toilet). Ha! I was at a dinner party the other week and a new mother was in attendance. In mixed company, one of the men asked her about the pain and she gave some polite answer about it being bad but not too bad and how the midwife helped a lot. When it was just us girls, she turned to us and said ‘It felt like I was taking a huge dump!’ What a lady. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/68 "2010-02-04T21:11:36Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > When I was delivering my second child- I kept asking if I was delivering ok because I thought I was having a bowel movement. I kept asking with each push. I’m telling you- it’s actually what it felt like to me with baby #2. So… baby #2 felt like you were having a #2…? Did you do that on purpose? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/69 "2010-02-04T22:21:05Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > So… baby #2 felt like you were having a #2…? > > Did you do that on purpose? No… and I’m kinda sorry I did it by accident! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/70 "2010-02-04T22:25:42Z")
Just don’t call the kid “Poopsie” as a nickname and you’re good. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/71 "2010-02-04T23:04:43Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Its a little like a toothache. You know you have a tooth that hurts, but pinpointing EXACTLY which tooth can be a little tricky. > > Nope, I couldn’t discern. Maybe other women can. Oh God, another reason to be terrified of pregnancy. I can’t imagine losing all sense of my body like that. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/72 "2010-02-04T23:19:28Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > Oh God, another reason to be terrified of pregnancy. I can’t imagine losing all sense of my body like that. I wouldn’t call it losing all sense of your body. Think of it like this - if something enormous was being sqeezed through one of your nostrils, so big that your other nostril was completely flattened to the side, would you be able to tell which nostril the thing was coming out? Probably not. You’d just feel a hell of a lot of pressure and pain in your entire nose. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/73 "2010-02-05T00:44:30Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > Ha! I was at a dinner party the other week and a new mother was in attendance. In mixed company, one of the men asked her about the pain and she gave some polite answer about it being bad but not too bad and how the midwife helped a lot. When it was just us girls, she turned to us and said ‘It felt like I was taking a huge dump!’ What a lady. I must know that girl because I was told the same thing by a girl I knew once. She phrased it as “the biggest dump I’ve ever taken”, though. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/74 "2010-02-05T01:09:32Z")
> [@emmaliminal](#): > > I found out about 24 hours ago that I’m pregnant, and in fact somewhere from 17 to 20 weeks along. […] > WE USED A CONDOM and it didn’t break. And we used it correctly. This, right here, has just scared the ever-living crap out of me. If y’all will excuse me, I’m going to go walk two miles to buy an EPT. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/75 "2010-02-05T01:38:06Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I wouldn’t call it losing all sense of your body. Think of it like this - if something enormous was being sqeezed through one of your nostrils, so big that your other nostril was completely flattened to the side, would you be able to tell which nostril the thing was coming out? Probably not. You’d just feel a hell of a lot of pressure and pain in your entire nose. This actually makes sense to me…yikes. Good luck, **Pullet**! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/76 "2010-02-05T02:05:08Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I wouldn’t call it losing all sense of your body. Think of it like this - if something enormous was being sqeezed through one of your nostrils, so big that your other nostril was completely flattened to the side, would you be able to tell which nostril the thing was coming out? Probably not. You’d just feel a hell of a lot of pressure and pain in your entire nose. Though you do lose some amount of control and ownership of your body (which is one of the reasons I’m pro-choice). You share your body with another entity. Where this is a wanted thing, its terribly intimate - think about someone you love staying “in” after sex - like that, but infinitely better. Where pregnancy is not wanted, its a terrible violation. And the loss of control can be long term. (Sneeze - excuse me, I need to change my pants). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520/77 "2010-02-05T02:59:19Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I wouldn’t call it losing all sense of your body. Think of it like this - if something enormous was being sqeezed through one of your nostrils, so big that your other nostril was completely flattened to the side, would you be able to tell which nostril the thing was coming out? Probably not. You’d just feel a hell of a lot of pressure and pain in your entire nose. Not…making…it better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant/527520.md?page=3)