old British tourist visits hospital for ‘stomach bug’ in Australia – Gives birth hours later
Times of India • • health
Key Points:
- British backpacker Hattie Sheppard, 21, was shocked to discover she was in labour after mistaking painful stomach cramps for a stomach bug while travelling in Australia.
- An ultrasound at Gold Coast University Hospital revealed she was about to give birth, despite having no typical pregnancy symptoms and being on the pill.
- She gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Isla-Grace, who had been positioned near her spine, explaining the lack of a visible baby bump.
- The case is an example of a cryptic pregnancy, which occurs in about one in 2,500 pregnancies in Australia and is often undetected until labour.
- Sheppard, who has Graves’ disease, had been unaware of the pregnancy and
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