19-Year-Old Texas Student Delivers Baby Girl After 9-Month Cryptic Pregnancy

1 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 4

A 19-year-old college student in Texas gave birth alone in her apartment on Feb. 20 after mistaking labor for cramps and initially fearing a tumor.
911 stayed on the line for 3 minutes until paramedics arrived, and doctors later said she had a cryptic pregnancy, with an anterior placenta masking movement and no typical symptoms.
She said she had gained 10 pounds, kept taking the pill and had regular monthly bleeding, with no morning sickness, cravings, bloating or unusual tiredness.
The baby girl, named Navie, was discharged with her mother 4 days later; the couple first considered adoption but decided to keep her.
After postpartum depression hit 2 weeks later, she moved in temporarily with her mother and plans to return to college this autumn to graduate in December.