No me personally, but someone I knew didn't until she went to the hospital with bad stomach cramps and was in labour. We had all been looking at her thinking she'd gained alittle weight, and there was one moment when I thought her belly looked round like a pregnant person.
I'm not sure she wasn't in a little denial though because of various things going on in her personal life at the time andleading up to it.
Id be curious to know in alot of the late term surprise cases how many of the women were using birth control. Even using birth control I was always paranoid about pregnancy, but it was drilled into me no birth control meant you could ALWAYS get pregnant no matter how often you have sex, how old you are etc.
I can believe that someone might not know until 20wks or so, especially in a first pregnancy; no way do I believe it *never* crossed their minds when they were what ended up being term. Even the most languid babies can pack a mean kick and it would have me running for a full body scan if that were me! I truly think there is always an element of denial somewhere deep down.
Freya - Having never experienced it myself, I agree with you - I just don't know how it couldn't have crossed someone's mind or there was nothing that happened to make them suspect.
I was told of a girl I played sport against who played that day and ended up in hospital with stomach cramps that night and had a baby. She was quite young - perhaps just finishing or out of high school, so I always wondered whether it was more 'denial' than not knowing....
I get it. I was still wearing my size 10 jeans long past 20w. I have feelings when I'm not pregnant that feel exactly like I remember kicks and tumbles although they obviously are not. All you then need is to skip morning sickness instead of periods.
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