ObGyn Reacts: She had a baby at work?

Board Certified Ob/Gyn physician Mama Doctor Jones reviews an episode of TLC's "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" while teaching and commenting on the show. She never missed a period, had a negative pregnancy test, had no symptoms, and delivered a surprise baby at work!?

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[MamaDoctorJones]

Hey friends. YouTube messed something with the audio sync on this video about 4 hours after I uploaded. I’m working on getting it fixed, but I may just remove and reupload. Apologies. Thanks for checking out Skillshare in the mean time.

[thrgost]

I gave birth at 29 weeks (1.3 kg) to a baby who didn't cry, he gave devastating side eye, sighed, and scowled. Like he was born a 80yo with a tragic backstory. Kid is 12 now and hasn't changed too much.

[Huntongardening]

One of my friends had a baby; right after, they put the baby up on her chest and she said "he doesn't look like me, I don't think he's mine" and the OB was like "he is literally still attached to you" because they hadn't cut the cord yet.

[tommiegnosis]

I loved that you touched on the "push through it" mentality in the US. It's pretty toxic. Also, as a woman who has seriously bad periods you are expected to work and "a period isn't an excuse" not to (yes, I've been told that and heard female bosses say that about female coworkers). The fact that that mentality spilled over to a woman in labor is just sad. the US needs to do better.

[rjkbuny]

Can we give props to the guy being like "poor dieting and lifestyle choices WE had made" and not "her poor dieting and her choices" 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[ericagoehring]

I had an unplanned home birth, and I remember my husband saying, "I think you need to take your pants off." Calm as could be. It never crossed my mind! I was occupied. 🤣

[mandlerparr]

Another possible, maybe is that woman in 1945 knew she was pregnant, but had miscarried and then got pregnant again soon after and just assumed she was pregnant the entire time.

[asranamaria]

My sister didn't know she was pregnant. (6 years ago). She called me at 10 PM that she is in pain, I called an ambulance for her, and I went with her boyfriend to the hospital, we found out she was in labor. Her boyfriend was almost fainting, was attended by some nurses, then I called my mother. I told her what is happening, and she fainted as speaking on the phone with me... I run home, I found her in the hallway collapsed. I called my neighbor, she is a nurse, she helped me with her. ... I wasn't sure if I should tell her again the news or she remembers! It was quite a day, funny now, not so much then.

[guttermouthgirl]

When you said period pain shouldn’t interfere with your life I felt so sad… I spent two years with pain so severe I would faint at school. You could hear me screaming in pain from outside the building when I was in the Nurse’s office. I couldn’t walk, felt like I couldn’t breathe, and my skin would so grey and sweat and shake like I’m fevering. I would throw up and get the runs. The nurses never said anything but would send me home. My mom refused to take me to the gyn for 2 years because she “didn’t want me on bc” and she knew they would put me on it. Everyone just said I had bad periods. Turned out I had an ovarian cyst the size of a small lime……

[harukaru]

Can we talk about the way the dad speaks and how sweet and supportive he is to his girlfriend?
he even said "WE didn't make healthy choices" so sweet. 🥰

[boomshakarlaka]

I just throw a shout out to that very responsible young couple for treating this whole situation as theirs and not as each individual. 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Its a lot more maturity than most 30 year olds I’ve encountered.

[melissacoviello]

My goodness I started crying when she said she called her family and “they weren’t having it”. Whew my family is dysfunctional in a million ways, but none of us could ever do that. How heartbreaking. I’m glad his family didn’t react that way, hopefully her family has come around. Such an interesting episode.

[jackriver]

Back when I was pregnant with my eldest kiddo, I knew a very sweet girl. She was very excited and told me she would love to help me out with the baby once they're born, and she also told me she wanted to have a baby but couldn't due to some problem with her uterus. Not long after that conversation she went to the doctor for a problem with her foot and found out that she was 8 months pregnant. She ended up giving birth before I did 😅 I haven't really spoken to her since but I hope she and her baby are doing well

[ceilinh]

As to the reason he wasn't staying on the call with 911, it mentioned earlier in the video that he didn't have cell reception in the mall. I imagine he didn't want to be on the call any longer than needed, because time on the call was time away from his struggling girlfriend.

[SweetGoddess]

I had a baby that didn't cry. He just looked around all disgruntled and started nursing. All before the cord was cut. He was an incredibly easy baby. He's still an easy kid. He just never shuts up. 😆

[misseselise]

i haven’t had sex in 18 months but this show still makes me worried i’ll have a positive pregnancy test lmfao

[to]

After giving birth in September, I truly understand when you say how scary it must be to go into labor without knowing you’re pregnant. That pain is insane. I would have ABSOLUTELY thought I was dying!

[dianagreene]

Nothing pi$$es me off more than a doctor who REFUSES to consider that a pregnancy didn't start 14 days after your last period. Thank you for setting the record straight on that stupid trivia question.

[dumdumlikespie]

I think the fact that that "year+" pregnancy happened during an overseas war when a lot of husband's were away from home for extended time periods might go a little ways to explain the length of that pregnancy

[marijkecuffe]

My daughter was my 3rd baby and first premie. She was born at 33wks and the L&D team prepared me for her not to cry because according to their tests (I guess they were testing the amniotic fluid for lung tissue) her lungs weren't developed. When she was born she was quiet for about 30 seconds then she wailed. She had such a strong cry and it made me cry. She literally only stayed in the hospital for 3 days. She was born a week before Christmas, at first they didn't expect her to come home until after new years, then after Christmas, then she got to come home before Christmas. My mom made a special big stocking baby blanket for us to bring her home in. Best stocking stuffer ever!