To ask you to share a happy unexpected pregnancy story?

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At 51 I find my period to be a fortnight late. Obviously not pregnant... Once went to an appointment for a suspected cyst on my ovary to see a 14 week feotus waving back!! Quite a shocker!! Had booked the summer holiday already and came back from Spain with 3 weeks to spare!!
Anyone any to share?

I went through fertility treatment (drugs and IUI) at age 38 to have my first. I thought I'd need to do so again if we wanted another. I missed my period 13 months after giving birth. Yup, pregnant. We weren't even trying.

After the second, DH had the snip like a good bloke.

I went to the doctors for a lump I found in my breast. I'd been doing preg tests for two weeks before this showed up and had put pregnancy for the month out of my mind
The doctor did a quick test 'just to be sure' before referring me for a breast ultrasound a few days later
I returned to the car to shops DP a POSITIVE pregnancy test. So shocked

My grandmother got pregnant at 39 by accident. Had kids of 11 and 13. Sadly lost the baby and so upset she got pregnant a couple of months later. My dad arrived and was a very loved baby.

My baby was a suprise. We'd been told we'd likely never conceive naturally due to husbands childhood cancer. Went through two rounds of ivf to save eggs for a second child, never transferred the eggs. Went for transfer and stopped responding to meds so cycle cancelled. Three weeks later I found out I was 6 weeks pregnant. With twins. Sadly lost twin 2 but baby 1 is 7 months old and thriving.

We had a missed miscarriage then 2 and a half years of secondary infertility. We needed icsi to conceive our son. Doctors told us we'd need icsi to conceive again if we wanted a second... I'm now 14 weeks with our second, natural conception. Over the moon about it, but such a surprise. Must've been one determined little sperm as the issues are with my husband 😅

And congratulations, op. That must be been such a shock!

Oh I think I misunderstood. You're talking about a previous pregnancy 🙈

2 healthy children and planned to have another 1 or 2 but in a few years time. So husband and I were using condoms. One month we had sex ONCE (don’t judge me - two small children!) using a condom. Properly using a condom. A perfectly in date durex one.

6 weeks later I was feeling very unwell and my period was late but I assumed it was due to breastfeeding my toddler so much (and went round telling everyone that like a twat). Looked down at my stomach and just “had a feeling”. The line on the test practically punched me in the face. Sitting here now feeding him and still can’t quite believe the seemingly miraculous conception.

Had two kids and didn’t want anymore

Was going through a really bad break up so had my first and only one night stand-used condoms and figured (after a few drinks) I’d just go for it as I’d never do it again (and I never have-it was something to tick off my to-do list)

9months later I gave birth to a baby boy while I was stood up on the landing floor!

he was born head first,with no pushing from me-I can still see his tiny arms swinging round as newborns do

he’s now 22 and if anyone asks if he ‘was dropped on his head as a baby’ he can answer,very honestly,that he was!

Had ds by isci first go so was thrilled.
18 months later had frozen embryo transfer - unsuccessful, followed by two further round of icsi. Again unsuccessful. Decided I couldn’t face that again so looked into adoption. We were almost through the social workers weekly visits and were facing panel in 6 weeks. Went on a little holiday just the 3 of us as thought once we adopt we are going to need a settled year…..felt very unwell each day and blamed the Spanish paracetamol for my illness.
Got home and just had an inkling, did a test and it was positive - so shocked!! I was 8 weeks pregnant.
That ds is my 15 year old teenager now! His older brother is 20. In their own way they are both my miracle babies.

My parents where told they’d never have kids they lost 3 late on in pregnancy (not late enough for the wee souls to be ‘stillborn’ but not far off)

my grandad looked at some lines on their hands and told them that they would have 4-a girl,a boy and then twin boys

how they laughed!they’d just been told they’d never have kids!what a load of waddle-grandad didn’t have a clue!

had me and then my brother and decided no more-they had the two they wanted

my dad was booked in to have the snip and my mother had given some in-date condoms to her mate-then they had sex once (cheers for that image dad) never thinking that they’d get anywhere-the two they had where miracles

A few months later,while sat in the school canteen my mother saw her stomach move she hot footed it to the doctors thinking she had a tumour or something-6 months gone with twins (she was a ‘larger’ lady)

she had twin boys 6 weeks later and dad got the snip before she left the hospital

im wondering if it runs in my family as I didn’t know and a cousin had the same thing happen to her too

Yes! After 12 years of infertility, because of my weight, as a last ditch attempt to lose the weight and conceive, I had weightloss surgery.
10 months after, I went to the GP about some pain in my ovaries. They had a check of my stomach, said I had extensive scar tissue in the abdominal area, they suspected endometriosis plus the pcos I'd already been diagnosed with.
The Dr said she could refer me, but I'd be unlikely to have children. I explained I had one who was 13 years old but hadn't any more children. She said I was lucky.

From that meeting I was then pretty certain I wasn't going to be having another baby.

Concentrated on work.

Had a procedure booked which meant being put out. Last thing they asked, "any chance you could be pregnant?"
I laughed, said "Fuck no"

The next day I felt guilty I hadn't tested before the procedure, knew that I wasn't pregnant, by that point 13 years of infertility had told me that there was no possibility!

But I tested anyway, cheap £1 tests, because what's the point in spending money on a test that just has to get that silly niggle out of my head?

I couldn't believe it when I got 2 lines, I did about 8 tests.

This is my little surprise baby. He's 14 weeks old tomorrow. My god. He is my biggest blessing

Wow!! Did you not have a bump or symptoms? That's incredible!

Had DD in 2020, DS in 2021 and we decided we were done, I went and got the implant and DH booked an appointment for a vasectomy, 5 months later, I got a feeling so did a test to put my mind at rest and instead got a positive staring back at me! There were tears, arguments, the works, but I'm now 21 weeks with a little girl and we both realised this is how our lives were meant to be. Excitedly looking forward to our little Christmas baby!

I find it very hard to believe that a 51 year old conceived...

Everything was normal-I had periods,only put on about 4lbs and had an hour of morning sickness
with all my other pregnancies,morning sickness floored me
didnt feel pregnant at all-I smoked,drank,went on rollercoasters,ate soft cheese and enough tuna to sink battleships,went on the back of motorbikes-everything you wouldn’t do if you are pregnant and know it
i only went to the doctors as I couldn’t walk-the pain in my back and pelvis was unreal-it would take me an hour just to climb the stairs

Gave birth to 8lb 13oz of baby

I am 51 now. And said once found out at 14 weeks. I was 34 then!!

I had a very difficult birth with my first baby with post partum haemorrhage and awful perineal swelling which meant I couldn’t sit down for weeks. I was still feeling unwell 6 months after the birth, both tired and sick, so went to the GP. She examined me and announced she thought I was about 3 months pregnant! Turned out that our one attempt at sex when DD1 was 3 months old and fully breastfed resulted in DS 9 months later! I wasn’t thrilled to be facing birth again so soon but he turned out to be such a blessing. I have since always told people that breastfeeding is definitely not a form of contraception!

Loving these stories!

Started TTC in Sept 2013, hoped it wouldn't take long but no sniff of a positive test so in 2016 we had our first round of IVF which sadly ended in a missed miscarriage. Another round in 2017 produced no eggs to transfer. We tried to get on with our lives and needed a long break from it all. We geared ourselves up for another round in early 2020 but of course covid hit. At that time I was 37 and feeling like it would never happen.

In March 2021 just as I was about to turn 39 I had a weird dream I was pregnant, something the next morning made me hunt out an old pregnancy test. When I saw the line I thought I was dreaming. I'll never forget that moment. Phoned my husband to work and they had to send him home in (delighted) shock.

8 years after starting to try for a baby our daughter was born in November 2021. I'm forever grateful. TTC number 2 now aged 40.

DH had a vasectomy after Dc3, all samples came back clear. Months after I felt a bit nauseous and very much how I had with my othe 3 Dc and thought I can’t be pregnant so did a test expecting a negative and it was all in my head. It came back positive and I was shocked enough I didn’t see the midwife until well after 12 weeks. I was very unsure as was DH but Dc4 is now 3 and is very much the cherry on top of my fabulous four. I have been incredibly lucky with 4dc after wanting 0 until an unexpected pregnancy resulting in a miscarriage at 33.

Had been TTC for a number of years and was told that, given my PCOS and quite severe endometriosis, it was unlikely we would ever conceive naturally. Before they referred us for fertility treatment they did a laparoscopy to confirm the extent of my endo and to check my tubes etc were working OK. They said I would need a further procedure to remove my endometriosis so was on the waiting list for that and totally forgot about TTC for a few months. A few weeks later I was getting classic period symptoms, pain, sore boobs etc but no period. Did a test and saw two very dark lines! He was born 9 months and 4 days after my laparoscopy. We thenater went on to have a daughter using clomid.