Zoe Williams in concealed pregnancy shock

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She didn't twig until she was 20 weeks apparently.
I was a bloody HEIFER by then with my second.

Jeez, my 2nd child was wriggling by 20 weeks. If I hadn't known I was pregnant, I would have imagined I had huge alien tape worm or something...

The poor little foetus was trying to hide from the press, but he/she only made it to 20 weeks gestation before becoming prey to Myerson Syndrome.

I was suitably gobsmacked by this - I can't get my head around the fact she only realised when her belly got a bit big.

I do love our Zoe, though - when she started that column I was a bit "Does she think she's the only person to have had a child?", but she's kept them entertaining throughout. Mind you, she probably needs to quit while she's still ahead - when she tells us about T's first pube she'll know she's pushed her luck.

I assumed that she had continued to have periods but it doesn't sound that way. How can you go 5 months without periods, put on weight and not realise you are pregnant?

I read it that she hadn't had a period since she'd bcome pregnant with T, who is at least 1.

You are right, I must read things in full and stop skimming!

I guess her periods never came back after T was born and she thought it was down to breastfeed or early menopause or sumfink.
Fio, that must have been a shock. I remember a few years ago on a parenting board I used to frequent, one regular actually had a baby that she didn't know she was expecting. And it wasn't her first.

Blimey. Shows it's not just pregnant teenagers, then...

You'd think someone would have noticed even if she didn't. I porked out at 8 weeks both times and was in maternity clothes by week 12! I do like her column though.

lol at myerson syndrome.

I wish that Z Williams would either:

a) Not refer to her baby, partner or family by any 'name' at all

or

b) Make up pretend names for them.

Because reading about T saying to C that D's dad met R last week is just bloody tiresome, and makes it sound as if she moves in a world of underground spies.

Can't she give them a nickname, like 'Toryboy' or something? Or just say 'my partner' etc?

gah.

She calls them T and C at home, too. Annoys the hell out of me.

lol

Who was the MNer recently who discovered she was something like 18 weeks pregnant...?

Perhaps they actually are called T & C...

Can I just say that I just found I was 18 weeks PG.

I have a 9 month old son, periods never came back.. didn't particularly worry about it. DH works away, so we don't see each other much so, while we weren't using contraception, it wasn't a massive worry...

I honestly have no symptoms (including no bump!) even now I KNOW there is a baby in there!!!

I'm due in August and I can honestly say I didn't have a clue. I only took a test cos I was feeling so tired and that was the BIG symptom with DS.

So, it can happen.

T & C are short for

'Terms & Conditions under which you get to write about us. Number 1: laughable gesture at protecting our anonymity.'

My Mum had eight pegnancies (oly the last three resulted in surviving babies sadly). So you think she'd know wouldn't you? but she was 5 months gone when she cottoned on with my sister, pregnancy number 8.

She did bleed a little.

As a throwing up- size of an ox by 4 weeks type I cant imagine it but.....obviously there's some way of not relaising it I gues.

Well, if some MNers are of the view that the breakdown of Kerry Katona's marriage is not news then WTF is this?!

Oh, I am SOOO pleased for Kerry Katona.

I know she is probably not feeling great now, but getting that loser out of her life is going to be the best thing she's done in a long time.

I just hope he hasn't taken her (or try to take her) for too much money.

I'm vowing a life-long ban on ANY publication that prints 'his' story.

have they broken up? excellent. i caught that show a couple of times, imo he was an abuser.

mind, she'll probably reconcile with him.

Yes, it's been confirmed that they are getting a divorce. Seems to be over money. She's been wholed up with accountants all day and has some celebrity firm (??) acting for her.

I agree - he was a classic abuser. I've never seen such sad TV as the episode I saw of her show - she was PG and guzzling wine like there was no tomorrow while her (D)H told her she was a far pig...

I know she's not done herself a lot of favours, but she's better off without him.

What do women see in him? I wouldn't touch him with a (very LONG) bargepole!!