Well, ever heard of ‘food baby’? I’m sure everyone has used it whenever they have over-eaten food and their belly pops out. But not so often a case of distress caused by food can mean that you are having a baby. This happened with a 29-year-old Florida woman from Pensacola. Crystal Gail Amerson woke up with serious stomach pains on Sunday morning, which she assumed were from bad Chinese food she ate the night before. According to USA Today, Amerson was 37 weeks pregnant and her stomach issues that night were her first indication that she was carrying a child.

Amerson told the Pensacola News Journal, “I had Chinese food the night before and I kind of figured maybe that I had food poisoning or something like that.” Amerson was 37 weeks pregnant and was about to give birth to her second son. She further continued, “The stomach pains were just excruciating, and I could hardly move. I think it was about 6:30 am when the ambulance got there. It escalated so quickly that I was having contractions and we figured out kind of what was going on because at first we really didn’t know what was going on.”

Who doesn’t realise that they are pregnant? The idea seems unbelievable, but it has certainly happened with Amerson the first time around. According to USA Today reports Amerson never experienced morning sickness or any dramatic weight gain during her first pregnancy. “I gained a little bit of weight, but I think with my first baby I didn’t notice either,” she said. “I never gained that pregnancy shape, really. And then I wear scrubs to work because I work at a retirement home for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. So, I guess the way they fit me as well, it was hard to notice anything or tell anything.”

According to Julie DeCesare, an obstetrician-gynaecologist at Sacred Heart Hospital says that although these things do happen, what Amerson experienced is unusual. DeCesare reportedly has only witnessed pregnancies like this three times in her 20 years of medical practice. “Usually by 20 weeks you can feel the baby kicking. You can feel the baby move about 12 to 14 weeks in, usually with a second or third baby. With a first baby, it often takes longer.”

Little Oliver James was born in the back of an ambulance at 6:59 am on Sunday, weighing 5.27 pounds and measured 18.9 inches long. Amerson’s infatuation with Chinese food, however, has probably come to an end for good. “That’s what I was telling my mother-in-law, I think I’m traumatised from Chinese food. I don’t think if I’ll ever be able to look at it the same way again,” she said.

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