British woman discovers she’s pregnant, gives birth three hours later

March 9, 2010 by Shawn Douglas  
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A British woman who discovered she was pregnant gave birth to a healthy girl three hours later.

Belinda Waite, 21, knew that something was wrong with her body for several months, but she and the doctors couldn’t pinpoint what was ailing her.

Waite, from Bampton, Devon, said that she had been to the Tiverton and District hospitals numerous times but was told she was either suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. Forced to the hospital on Christmas Day due to swollen hands and feet, she was told she was suffering an allergy to something or possibly gout.

It wasn’t until February 6, suffering pains throughout her body, that Waite discovered the truth. The doctors at the hospital told her around 10 p.m. that she was three months pregnant.

“I was really shocked,” said Waite. “They told me to get some rest and make an appointment with the doctors the following Monday.”

Waite returned to the home of her partner, Wayne Boyles, 28, that evening. Three hours later, Waite unexpectedly went into labor, delivering a healthy 8 pound, 14 ounce girl named Louise.

“You read about these stories in magazines but you never think they happen to real people, and I certainly never thought it would happen to me,” Waite told the Telegraph.

“We hardly had time to think about it; no one believed us when we told them we suddenly had a child,” she added.

Waite said that baby Louise seems perfectly healthy, but worries that it could have been different.

“I went on rollercoasters at Alton Towers, on water slides in Spain; I probably ate all the wrong foods and was knocked down by a car,” she told the Express and Echo.

“Luckily I do not smoke, and I stopped drinking alcohol as it made me feel sick,” she added.

Despite suddenly having a child in their life, the couple is ready to move on. “It was obviously a huge shock for us all,” Waite told the Telegraph, “but you have to get on with these things — and we are all really enjoying it.”

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