The moment you know you are pregnant, is extremely precious and life-changing. You prepare yourself to enjoy the beautiful journey for miraculous weeks you will spend with the baby growing inside you. That feeling, is so special! Monica Thompson, from the United States, also wanted to experience the journey. After struggling to conceive for 16 years with her late husband before his death in 2016, Monica gave up her hopes. She believed she was infertile and can never have children. But Monica was shocked when her medical reports revealed that she was 7.5 months pregnant. Just 24 hours she got her life-changing news, she gave birth the next day to a healthy baby boy. Shock Birth! Real Mum Shares Her Story of Being Unaware that She Was Pregnant Until She Gave Birth on Her Bed. 

Monica, who is a cook by profession, met her current partner, Jason Ratliff in 2017 and she made it clear that she would never be a mother. “When I turned 40 I became content with being a dog mom. I figured they could be my babies. I have a niece also and she's really special to me. When Kevin died in 2016, I put having a family out of my mind completely. I met Jason when we matched on an app and we really hit it off,” she was quoted saying in media outlets, as her exceptional case was headlined. The 40-year-old woman thought she was entering menopause, when she began to experience what she believed to be incontinence in September last year. It was a symptom of life change. Teenager Wakes Up With Baby Bump! 19-Year-Old Mother From Glasgow Unaware of Pregnancy Gave Surprise Birth 45 Mins Later. 

The Nevada woman was still menstruating each month, but noted that her periods were lighter and more irregular than usual. In early October, she experienced nausea and cramping and left work early to visit her local urgent medical care centre. It was then, when her blood test revealed that Monica was pregnant and at a final stage to deliver. The 40-year-old woman returned to work, the next day but at the end of her shift, she began to experience cramps and bleeding. She rushed to the hospital, where the doctors told her, she was in labour. Mom’s Moment of Surprise After She Births a Boy While Expecting a Girl Goes Viral. 

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“I was shocked to learn I had been in labor all day. They did a vaginal exam to discover the source of the bleeding and they determined my amniotic sac had ruptured and I had been leaking fluid. In fact, the fluid had been leaking for months and I had mistaken it for urine and incontinence associated with menopause. The doctor told me I was dilated about five centimeters and I started freaking out.Not even 24 hours before I was told I was pregnant and here I was already in labor. They told me I needed an emergency C-section which was frightening,” she said.

“I got to hold him for the first time a week later, and it was surreal. I thought ‘Wow, I’m a mom’. It felt right. I felt complete,” the new mother added. Her son Jayden Anthony Willie Edwin Ratliff is healthy and nine months old now.

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