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Cryptic pregnancy: ‘I didn’t know I was having a baby’ | BBC News


What is a cryptic pregnancy?

When Tawana, 21, was admitted to hospital with chest pains, she had no idea she was eight months pregnant. She had the contraceptive implant and even had a negative pregnancy test.

She was experiencing a cryptic pregnancy. A paper published in the British Medical Journal in 2002 estimated that it occurs in about one in every 2,500 pregnancies – suggesting about 320 cases in the UK every year.

Tawana joins Jonelle and Kirsty in the Reliable Sauce studio, along with her partner Emmanuel and their one-year-old baby River, to share their story.

How often do cyptic pregnancies happen? And who is most likely to experience them? BBC health reporter Elena Bailey explains.

Listen to the full Reliable Sauce episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j46vjb

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