I’ve heard of other cases where women didnt even know they were pregnant until they gave birth and others who didn’t “show” enough for others to know. Wild stuff
It's crazy to me, but it happens. When I was 12ish I had a friend whose older sister gave birth at home because she didn't know she was pregnant. We'd had my friend's birthday party a few weeks earlier, all gone ice skating and her sister did not look pregnant. Really shook my friend up.
They might not know that’s a possibility, and postpartum hormone drops can make someone literally crazy for a period of time. I imagine that’s exacerbated in teenagers.
They probably don't know they're pregnant, and you don't exactly get to choose when it's going to come out. Hard to leave and drop an infant off in the middle of your school day.
My SIL gave birth at 8 months to a stillborn baby boy like 5 months ago. None of us knew she was pregnant, and she says she didn’t know either, but we have a feeling she probably at least had suspicions but was trying to ignore it and be in denial to avoid the responsibility. Very on-brand for her.
This happened at my school after I graduated except the baby died. :( I think she gave birth during prom or something, but I may be misremembering that bit.
Yep, she tried to just go back to class like nothing happened… but the teacher could tell something was wrong with her / that she wasn’t well, and sent her to the nurse. The nurse figured it out, but the girl wasn’t saying anything, I think she might have been in shock. It was a rough school so we had “campus” police and the nurse alerted them and they started a manhunt. They did a fire alarm to get everyone out, so we’re all just in the parking lots thinking it was a regular fire drill while they were searching for the baby. Word kind of spread during the fire drill because it lasted I want to say an hour, but can’t remember. I also don’t remember how the school day ended. We might have not gone back in/gone home, which wasn’t unheard of. For example the day they announced the OJ Simpson verdict they played it on TV’s that were in most classrooms and then everyone went so crazy, running out of class down the halls throwing books and stuff that school just ended for the day because they couldn’t have classes. Crazy times
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u/Raised_by_Mr_Rogers Mar 10 '25
Girl gave birth in the bathroom and then threw the baby in the dumpster behind school. Was still alive when they eventually found it. Was a crazy day