Unknowingly, Woman Gives Birth on the Toilet

Woman Who Didn't Know She Was Pregnant Gives Birth on the Toilet

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A big surprise

It may sound hard to believe in this day and age, but 25 year old Gaynor Rzepka had absolutely no idea she was pregnant. That is, until she gave birth– on the toilet in her parents home. Claim Your 20 Free Pregnancy Tests – Click Here

Gaynor had been at work at her job at a grocery store, and started feeling a little bad. Her boss asked if she wanted to go home, but she insisted that she was okay, and worked straight through her ten hour shift.

In fact, she often worked ten hour shifts, and had done so for months! After completing her shift, she went back to her parent’s house and tried to get some rest.

Something wasn’t right

She woke up about one in the morning with a very sharp pain in her stomach, and couldn’t shake the bad feeling. Of the pains she said:

“I was having a really sharp pain in the side of my stomach all day and I didn’t know what it was. The only way I can describe it is that it was like someone stabbing me in the right hand side of my groin.”

Olly-James arrives

After trying to go back to bed, she awoke again at 5 am and couldn’t go back to sleep. She thought she might have to go to the bathroom, so she tried and couldn’t go. About twenty minutes later, she tried again. That is when her son arrived. Gaynor says she pushed, and out he came.

She caught him before he fell into the toilet, but she was incredibly shocked. She said that she just kept repeating “Oh My God”, over and over again, and burst into tears. She sat down on the floor, and her parents rushed upstairs when they heard a baby cry!

No signs at all

Gaynor says that she had no idea that she was pregnant! She has been in a relationship for over a year, but had no indications that she was pregnant. As mentioned before, she has been working ten hour shifts, and even ran a half marathon when she was in her fifth month of pregnancy. Just the day before, she had been lifting 25 pound bags of potatoes for her customers!

When asked if she had any indications at all, Gaynor says that the only sign that she sees looking back, is that she normally hates Mars bars, but she had been eating them a lot lately! She said that she had gained about 12 pounds over the last few months, but she just thought that it was from eating too much over the holidays!

Getting used to the idea

Little Olly-James arrived by surprise, but he’s perfectly healthy, and weighed 6 pounds and 15 ounces when he was born. Gaynor says her boyfriend is exceptionally excited to become a daddy, and her and her family have been rushing around getting everything for her new baby boy!

She did go to the hospital right after, to make sure everything was okay, and the doctors told her that she probably didn’t feel little Olly-James move because of how active she was during her pregnancy. Gaynor’s boss was exceptionally surprised when she called into work the next day- not because she was sick, but because she was a new mommy!!!

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Dr. Renee Hanton, MD
Dr. Renee Hanton, MD | ConceiveEasy
Dr. Renee Hanton is ConceiveEasy's Senior Physician with expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Dr. Hanton specializes in the endocrine causes of infertility, such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

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