When Judy Brown of Beverly, Massachusetts had her husband rush her to the hospital this past week, she was expecting bad news.
She had been suffering from severe abdominal pain for several hours and was growing increasingly concerned about her prognosis. But once she arrived at the hospital, ER staff diagnosed her condition almost immediately.
Like this young woman who called in sick with stomach pains, Judy had a very common condition: pregnancy. In fact, she’s was not just pregnant, but actually in labor.
So-called “cryptic” pregnancies like hers are very rare, but can often be explained by circumstance. At 47 years old, Judy did experience some of the symptoms associated with pregnancy, but she chalked it up the hormonal fluctuations that precede menopause.
Judy, who has been married to husband Jason for 22 years, told WCVB that the couple always had an “If it happens, it happens” philosophy towards starting a family, but had been preparing at this point for the possibility of early menopause.
Instead, like a far less extreme version of this 65-year-old mom to quadruplets, Judy ended up on the other end of the spectrum, giving birth to an 8-pound baby girl that same day. She and husband Jason named their unexpected blessing Carolyn Rose. Learn more about her unexpected arrival in the video below.
And if you were stunned that Judy carried a baby to term without knowing it, please SHARE with all the moms out there with very different pregnancy stories!
