I worked with a woman who didn't discover she was pregnant until well in her fifth month -- she was on medication for her alcoholism-induced bleeding ulcers, so she figured her lack of menstruation and other symptoms were related to that. If not for a doctor suspecting something was up, I do believe she'd have been surprised on the day of the birth.

(I also understand that her alcoholic boyfriend subsequently refused to believe it was his kid.)

Lost track of her when she left for maternity leave and I then left the job for better places, but I can only hope mom and baby's story took a better turn from there.

My daughter wants to go to a church, and I want to take her, but I'm not sure which one to go to. Not Catholic (sorry), and found the Unitarian Church not spiritual enough. Episcopalian?

Burrell, I have been thinking about taking Noah to All Saints in Pasadena. They do a family oriented service on the second saturday of each month where kids are invited to be part of the entire service.

Anyhow, we should go together. I know Pasadena is a slog for you, but it would definitely be nice to see you.

That census worker found hung with FED written on him? Suicide: [link]

Seriously, I'm suspicious about that convenient conclusion, because it sounds like a truly elaborately staged suicide.

Also, handwriting analysis? Three letters (F E D) written in haste/with emphasis isn't exactly a large enough sample to put a lot of faith in.

I can't imagine not knowing I was pregnant, even in those first months - the sway of too much walking made me seasick.

My baby girl has her first cold, and is miserable. I wish I could do more for her.

Sparky, I'm glad for mothers today that laudanum is no longer legal, because it must have been a temptation to dose a miserable kiddo.

I can't imagine not knowing, but both of my pregnancies have been planned so I was expecting the symptoms and had the pee-sticks ready to go. I also had such terrible morning sickness both times that if I hadn't suspected pregnancy I'd have gone to a doctor just for that.

My friend was 3 months pregnant and did not know (she was on birth control and continued getting a period). She had horrible horrible constipation which sent her to the emergency room. She actually was scared she had some sort of abdominal cancer, because she was starting to feel a hard mass. She felt kind of dumb that she had never connected the dots.

I can definitely understand someone with no expectation of being pregnant (unnoticed birth control failure), minimal nausea, and erratic periods not knowing until month 7 or so. And if you've gone that long without knowing, I can understand not jumping to the conclusion that those weird stomach cramps are a baby kicking you in the ribs - if you hadn't suspected at all before then, it would be a HUGE leap to suddenly say "Oh, I must be 7 months pregnant!"

You can carry surprisingly small -- my aunt went in labor to an emergency room and the nurses wouldn't believe she was pregnant. It was my aunt's third delivery, and she was herself a nurse with ER experience, so it must have been an interesting argument....