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Meet four women who discovered much to their surprise that misinterpreted physical symptoms were actually due to labor pains and the immediate arrival of a newborn baby. ITS NOT THE FLU: After two negative pregnancy tests and weight loss, A small-town Pennsylvania woman is chased by police as her husband makes a frantic attempt to get her to the ER for what they think is case of severe stomach flu. They are surprised when fifteen minutes later she gives birth to a healthy seven-pound, eight-ounce baby girl. WAKE UP CALL: A 42-year-old bank manager who thought she was menopausal doubles over due to violent pain in her lower left side. The family is shocked when she gives birth to her second child on the bathroom floor. CABIN BOY: A woman spends a relaxing fourth of July weekend at a fishing cabin in Wisconsin when searing lower back pains send her to the emergency room. Her fear of the return of a fibroid tumor turns to bewilderment when an emergency ultrasound reveals she is in labor with an 8-pound baby boy. DOUBLE DUTY: A Cincinnati woman who hadn't had a menstrual cycle in 14 years and didn't know she was pregnant, gives birth to an child in a hospital toilet. An hour later, she gives delivers a twin.

Four stories of women who gave birth but didn't know they were pregnant. CRADLE WILL ROCK: A 118-pound Irish rock singer smokes, drinks and parties her way through a multi-city tour only to discover that she is pregnant and in labor. Will the lack of prenatal care combined with the mother's risky behavior affect the health of the baby? affect the health of the baby? IT'S NOT A CYST: When a 26 year old gains 30 pounds, she thinks it's the result of quitting smoking. But an emergency visit to the hospital proves that the weight gain is more than just a side effect... the weight is from 35 weeks of pregnancy and she didn't even know it. UNUSUAL ADJUSTMENT: A supposedly infertile woman checks into an ER with severe abdominal pains. The source of her discomfort is a medical mystery that specialists are unable to diagnose until the shocking truth becomes undeniable. She is 32 weeks pregnant and in labor - no one, not the emergency room doctors or even the mother had a clue! TWO FOR THE ROAD: A disabled woman checks into an emergency room with a spastic colon - only to check out with newborn twins without experiencing a single telltale sign that she was ever pregnant.

Three stories of women who gave birth but didn't know they were pregnant. WHILE YOU WERE OUT: A 118-pound woman passes out in her driveway - only to wake up with a newborn baby girl without knowing she was pregnant. TAKEOUT TIKE: A fast food manager goes to the bathroom at work with what she assumes is the flu. She ends up giving birth in the toilet of the fast food restaurant, with the assistance of a 16-year old co-worker. Strangely, the woman has had three other children - but never detected her fourth pregnancy until she literally goes into labor. MOTHER NATURE: While on a camping trip, a young woman goes the bathroom with cramps and ends up fighting for the life of both herself and her newborn baby as she gives birth in a remote campground bathroom floor. Neither the woman, nor her boyfriends are prepared for the emergency situation because the couple didn't even know that she was pregnant.

MEET YOUR NEW BROTHER - A 31-year old mother of three goes into labor when she didn't even know that she was pregnant! With no other adults present, she gives birth at home with some surprising help from her 10-year-old son. HIDE AND SEEK - When a young woman is rushed to the hospital with severe abdominal pain, lab tests reveal that she is pregnant... or is she? How can a woman be pregnant and in labor when an ultrasound reveals no baby growing in her womb?

OLDEST FIRST-TIME MOTHER - Can a 57-year-old, post-menopausal even get pregnant? Britain's oldest first time mother undergoes a harrowing journey to conceive - only to tragically miscarry a month later. Or did she?

FRESHMAN 15 - A 19-year-old college student thinks she's thinks she's gained the "Freshman 15" - but when she is rushed to the Emergency Room, the diagnosis is terrifying. Has her hard-partying lifestyle jeopardized the life of her baby? INCONCEIVABLE - A woman's history of rupturing ovarian cysts has made her dream of having children, nearly impossible. When she discovers that she is not only pregnant, but in the throes of an agonizing labor, it is her husband who can't handle the pain.

BUN IN THE OVEN - Is it a bad hot dog or is it something else? A single woman who has resigned herself to being childless goes to the Emergency Room twice before a shocking diagnosis is made. THE WEDDING PRESENT - A 20-year-old woman flies from the UK to the United States to attend her father's wedding. Little does she know that she is bringing an unusual wedding present with her.

BABY AND THE BATHWATER - What happens when a mother of 2 discovers that she is pregnant and in labor while in her own bathtub? She quickly discovers that she must give birth alone - and save her baby from a terrifying condition. LABOR INTENSIVE - An anemic single mother goes the Emergency Room with agonizing stomach pains. Within a few minutes, she receives a shocking diagnosis - only to discover that she at high risk for bleeding to death and must fight for her own life.

BORN IN A DORM - When a 19-year-old coed, Elizabeth wakes in the middle of the night with debilitating stomach cramps, she makes a shocking discovery. Will her 19-year-old roommate be able to save her baby from a dangerous complication? BABY GOT BACK - When a 28-year-old Liz goes to the ER, she receives a surprising diagnosis. How can she pregnant when she's tested negative on not one, but two pregnancy tests? With the unexpected news that they are about to be parents, the woman and her partner now must make the most difficult decision of their lives.

MIRACLE M.S. MOM - 24-year-old Claire is bedridden for months with Multiple Sclerosis. The condition makes is difficult to care for her son, who has a dangerous congenital condition of his own. But when she discovers that she's in labor with her second child, what happens next is only the first in a series of shocking miracles that medical professionals are still struggling to explain.

HELP FROM ABOVE - In a single instant, fate leaves 25-year-old woman Erin with a broken pelvis, hip and back. Her injuries would make labor extremely dangerous for both mother and baby. So when she goes to the ER with what she believes are pains from a fall - she is soon fighting for a life that is not just her own.

MISCONCEPTION - Tina is a single mom struggling to make ends meet. When she goes to the emergency room with what she believes is a burst appendix, she realizes that she's in for an even bigger challenge. SECOND OPINION - 19-year-old single mother, Tiffany has been going to the doctor for months with a series on unusual bladder infection. When she goes to an Urgent Care with stomach cramps, she doesn't believe the diagnosis. It is only after a second visit to the local hospital, that Tiffany finally comes to terms with her condition.

WELCOME HOME SURPRISE - Normita is starting college just as her National Guard boyfriend, Tony is headed off to Iraq. After months of worry and longing, the couple is finally reunited, only to discover that it's more than love that now ties them together. IT'S NOT FOOD POISONING - 29-year-old April ate what she thinks is a bad frozen pizza. When she does to the hospital with symptoms of food poisoning, she discovers what was really cooking in the oven.

After a car accident breaks a 23-year old woman's back in 8 places, doctors tell her that carrying a child would be physically hard on her body. She conceives and while she is unknowingly pregnant, she is mugged by a man who murders his next victim. Then only 3 months later, she goes to the hospital with horrible cramps and to her surprise, a doctor tells her that she is pregnant, full term and about to deliver a baby and a slim 18-year-old woman from the Philippines finds out that she is pregnant with her first child when she is already 6 months along. Three years later at 21 and in the U.S., she again experiences no symptoms of pregnancy but this time she goes the entire pregnancy without knowing. She is 35 weeks pregnant when she goes into labor with her 2nd son.

On Halloween eve, Abbigale goes to the bathroom and is horrified when she looks in the toilet and sees she delivered a baby, when she didn't even know she was pregnant. She must react quickly to try to save the newborn. Then, Angel suffers from endometriosis and decides to end the constant pain with a hysterectomy. When she goes to the doctor for a pre-operation examination, she finds that she's 32 weeks pregnant and didn't even know it.

On Christmas Eve, paramedics rush Anna to the hospital for what she thinks is food poisoning, only to discover she's in labor, 41 weeks pregnant and didn't know it. During delivery, doctors realize the baby must undergo a risky emergency surgery to save its life. Then, Jennifer rushes to the E.R. for cramps and searing abdominal pain and learns for the first time that she's 36 weeks pregnant. Will the unborn baby be ok?

Lasonia has accepted the realization that she may never have a child. That all changes when she begins having horrible abdominal cramps that she attributes to work stress, is rushed to the hospital and learns that she is miraculously pregnant, full term, and in labor -- and she never knew it. Then, 40 year-old, mother of two, Michelle, goes to the hospital for what she believes are recurring kidney stones. The agonizing pain turns out to be labor contractions, from a baby she didn't know she was pregnant with. Her age makes the birth extremely high-risk leaving her family to wonder if mother and baby survive the delivery.

Paramedics rush 42 year-old Glynis to the ER with stabbing pains in her pelvic area that she thinks may be from menopause. As a nurse helps her, she feels something strange drop down her leg. Incredibly, they discover she's just given birth to a baby in her pants - and never knew she was pregnant. Then, Robyn takes muscle relaxants for her violent back spasms. When the pain persists, she goes to the hospital only to discover she's actually in advanced labor. Unprepared to start a family, will she place the baby up for adoption?

Tiffany is diagnosed with high blood pressure and PCOS and has given up all hope of having children. One night while her husband is away, abdominal pain she believes to be a rupturing cyst is actually an infant she didn't know she was carrying. Scared and alone, she delivers the baby lying on the bathroom floor - but it's not breathing and she save the baby before it's too late?

Jenna misses her period but a home pregnancy test is negative and she thinks it is due to the stress of her upcoming wedding. Then a few months after her wedding, on Halloween night, she finds herself in the bathroom; constipated and in tremendous pain. Shockingly, she delivers a baby girl while on the toilet -- without ever knowing she was pregnant. Also, Sara is frustrated that she can't lose the baby weight after her first child. One night, she's rushed to the ER for what she thinks is a ruptured appendix and gets the surprise of her life. She's actually in labor with her second son, just 10 months after delivering the first -- and she never knew she was pregnant. Feeling no movement, she worries her baby is still born.

Mona is spending a fun day riding roller coasters with her family at a theme park. Suddenly exhausted and nauseous, she begins having severe abdominal cramps and heads to the bathroom, where she gives birth to a baby boy on the bathroom floor!

College freshman Kimberly returns home for Spring Break and begins to experience severe and painful back cramps. Her parents race her to the hospital where she tries to go to the bathroom and instead gives birth to a 2 1/2 pound infant boy.

Ashley unknowingly conceives a child just two months after giving birth. One night, horrible cramps send her to the bathroom with an urge to push. She's shocked as she delivers a baby girl into her own hands, never aware she was even pregnant.