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* In ''Film/{{Saved}}'', good little Catholic girl Mary has sex with her gay boyfriend in an attempt to "cure" him. She successfully hides the resulting pregnancy for months because pregnancy at her school is "about as common as the bubonic plague."

* ''VisualNovel/GalaxyAngel'': A secret sub-route in the first game reveals that [[spoiler:Shiva Transbaal was conceived from an affair between Emperor Gerard and Lady Shatoyarn. Given the potential repercusions of a relationship between the Emperor and the Holy Mother, Shiva was raised secretly by Shatoyarn in the White Moon, all the while unaware of her true parentage]].

* ZigZagged in ''Fanfic/TheGrayJediSeries''. Kyra doesn't tell Des and Zari (her parents) about her pregnancy, but she does tell Lucia (her ex).

* * ''Literature/IKnowWhyTheCagedBirdSings'': Maya Angelou relates that she knew she was pregnant, but the surprise was certainly on her family after she hid it from them for eight months.

Reasons for this may vary. If [[AliceAndBob Alice]] is not married, but lives in a society that condemns extramarital sex, [[StigmaticPregnancyEuphemism she faces extreme censure]] (if not [[HonorRelatedAbuse even worse things]]), and may end up hiding her pregnancy from her own family. Alice may be happily married, but has suffered several miscarriages, and does not want to tell outsiders her situation in case of another failure. There may be a Prophecy or other form of Narrative Causality brewing around Alice's baby, and she [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants to be normal and unnoticed,]] for Alice Jr.'s safety. Or Alice may be unhappily estranged from Bob, her baby's father, and does not want him to get within fifty miles of her and their offspring.

* The infamous ''[[ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan Sins Past]]'' storyline that {{retcon}}ned in Gwen Stacy becoming pregnant with and giving birth to twins (albeit in appreciably less than nine months) without Peter or anyone else noticing into the continuity of early 1970s ''The Amazing Spider-Man''.

* Downplayed in [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/197976919-cabin-fever-promises-to-keep Cabin Fever: Promises To Keep]]. It's implied that Marcy never revealed to Paul's family that [[OneNightStandPregnancy he got her pregnant]] [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy before he died]]. Although since they had very little reason to ever see one another, it's unlikely that she had to take any steps to conceal her pregnancy. Even if they did see her pregnant or with her daughter, they would have no reason to suspect that the baby was Paul's.

* [[Franchise/StarWars Padmé Amidala]] does this in scenes whenever she is appearing in public during Episode III: ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. [[WordOfGod George Lucas]] said this was intentional since she needed to uphold her reputation as a senator and, more importantly, hide her relationship with Anakin who is not supposed to have a wife ''or'' children. This is somewhat subverted due to a great many people (including a couple of the Jedi) knowing about or having suspicions about their relationship. Thus when she began wearing form-concealing clothes, they connected the dots. Also, Force-users are capable of sensing life via the Force so any Jedi worth their lightsaber likely knew she was pregnant. The surprise for everyone was that she was carrying twins.

* ''Literature/TheThornbirds''
** Meggie goes so far as to sleep with her estranged husband one last time to create an alibi. Justified, as the actual biological father is [[spoiler:a Catholic priest.]] He only finds out years later, after Hilarity most definitely does not ensue.
* ''Southern Discomfort'' by Rita Mae Brown

* [[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon's]] mother decides, after seeing how her first child is treated, that she'd rather ''not'' let Morzan know she's having another. Of course, it also [[spoiler:isn't Morzan's, but she doesn't tell the ''real'' father she's expecting either.]]

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', [[spoiler:Leafpool hides her pregnancy from everyone but Squirrelflight, who then raises the kits as her own. Justified in the sense that Leafpool was a medicine cat and could not have kits. Also, the father was from [=WindClan=].]]

* Rebekah in the book Angel Seekers of the ''Literature/{{Samaria}}'' series until she was forced to try on her wedding dress.

* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'': In the episode ''Baywatch Down Under'', Jake learns that his ex-wife didn't tell him she had become pregnant with his child before divorcing him because she felt he needed to be free and didn't want him to feel obliged to stay with her.

* If you decide to romance Doc as the Jedi Knight in ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', you'll have a chat about having kids. Since Jedi aren't supposed to have families, he reckons you wouldn't have a problem hiding a pregnancy under all those robes, and when it is born, he'll pretend it's a distant cousin.

* If you romance Aerie throughout ''Videogame/BaldursGate2'' and its expansion the end result is pregnancy while you are still in the middle of adventuring. Rather smartly Aerie mentions that until the later stages it won't be visible under her long flowing robes. The reason why she decides to hide it from the rest of your party is that she has only recently managed to prove herself as competent in their eyes and does not want their pity or insistence that she needs to slow down.
* Christa in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' fits this trope. She attempts to hide her pregnancy from the group, probably fearing they'll kick her and Omid out if Lee and Kenny found out. When Lee asks what she and Omid were arguing about, she tells him to mind his own business, when she vomits due to the rotting dog (no one else did, not even Clementine), she tries to pass it off as the extreme smell. Also, Lee and Vernon find a sonogram, and she says, with a tone of familiarity, "It's a sonogram." Eventually, Kenny finds out when he offers her whiskey. She takes the bottle and looks down at her stomach. Kenny stares at her for a moment, and then she gulps down about half the bottle before handing it back to Kenny. It's implied by his facial expression, he was thinking, "Holy shit! She must be pregnant!"

[[folder:Web Comics]]

In ''WebVideo/TheBirch'', [[TeenPregnancy Lanie's]] parents, claiming she had mononucleosis, took her out of school and kept her at home until she gave birth. Afterwards, they actively try to convince her that the new baby is her "sister".

In ''WebOriginal/TheBirch'', [[TeenPregnancy Lanie's]] parents, claiming she had mononucleosis, took her out of school and kept her at home until she gave birth. Afterwards, they actively try to convince her that the new baby is her "sister".

* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': Carol keeps her pregnancy secret from Brittas during Series 2 as she fears that she would lose her job (and [[NonResidentialResidence her home]]). Brittas winds up not finding out until she is actively giving birth. Luckily for Carol, although Brittas considers doing it, he doesn't in the end.

* MySecretPregnancy: Averted in the [[spoiler:Family Ending]] of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}''. [[spoiler:The title character has no choice but to tell Hank about her pregnancy, and it prevents her from going on tour to promote her debut album. Her contract with Sharp Records is ultimately canceled.]]

* Padmé Amidala does this in scenes whenever she is appearing in public during Episode III: ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. [[WordOfGod George Lucas]] said this was intentional since she needed to uphold her reputation as a senator and, more importantly, hide her relationship with Anakin who is not supposed to have a wife ''or'' children. This is somewhat subverted due to a great many people (including a couple of the Jedi) knowing about or having suspicions about their relationship. Thus when she began wearing form-concealing clothes, they connected the dots. Also, Force-users are capable of sensing life via the Force so any Jedi worth their lightsaber likely knew she was pregnant. The surprise for everyone was that she was carrying twins.

* In Creator/MarionZimmerBradley's ''Centaurus Changeling'', Beth hides her pregnancy from her husband. The only problem is that, as she soon discovers, the air on the planet they are living on is highly poisonous to pregnant women... [[spoiler:And it is revealed in the end that she was mind-controlled by a local to get pregnant without him knowing.]]
* In romance novels, the most common reasons are either that she doesn't want to make the man feel tied down (because she's been sleeping with him but doesn't want him to feel like she trapped him into a marriage.
** Commonly in historical novels the man will find out before the birth[[note]]if the baby turns out to be a boy[[/note]], otherwise it can be years before the hero meets the heroine again and discovers that he has a child. Usually the hero will be angry at the [[WhatTheHellHero loss of time with his son/daughter.]]

* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' episode ''Baywatch Down Under''. Jake learns that his ex-wife didn't tell him she had become pregnant with his child before divorcing him because she felt he needed to be free and didn't want him to feel obliged to stay with her.

* During the reign of Louis XV of France, a young woman who gave birth to his stillborn child was charged with infanticide because she had hidden the pregnancy. Remember that as this was a classical European monarchy, and France, she was unlikely to have been stigmatized for this. The King's mistress, Madame du Barry, pleaded with the King to spare the girl's life; her request solidified his love for her because it was the first time she had ever asked him for anything, and it was for someone else. Later on she asked him for quite a bit for herself, to put it mildly.

** In the case of Sir Paul Nurse, his grandmother hid the fact that the baby she brought home with her and raised as her own child was actually the son of her teenage daughter, whom he thought of as his older sister. Sir Paul found this out only in his fifties, when he was initially refused a passport despite his many honors because his short form birth certificate did not list his parents.

Not to be confused with HideYourPregnancy, which is the meta version of this.