History Main / SurprisePregnancy

* ''KodomoNoOmocha'' -- Sana's biological AbsurdlyYouthfulMother mom Keiko actually didn't know she was preggers ''until she gave birth''. Somewhat more understandable in the manga, where [[spoiler: Sana's birth happened when Keiko was 14 (she's still very young in the anime, but not THAT much), and it's strongly implied she's also a ChildByRape.]]

* The MontyPython movie ''{{The Meaning Of Life}}'', previous to the infamous "Every Sperm Is Sacred" song, featured a poor Yorkshire family whose mother was having babies drop right out from between her legs as she cooked and cleaned for her burgeoning family.
** Though that is probably meant to imply that she doesn't ''care'' about her impending birth, not that she doesn't ''know''. She's got no time to get excited about it, it's happened dozens of times before, and they're poor enough as it is...

* Implied in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant''. Even if [[spoiler:Lady Sybil]] wasn't surprised, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny her husband most assuredly was.]]
** More because it was monumental news than anything else. It was a life-changing event for them, though it doesn't make the expectant father's stupid questions and his wife's dry responses any less [[HilarityEnsues hilarious.]]

* GreatTeacherOnizuka -- Kunio Murai's AbsurdlyYouthfulMother didn't realize the implications of her sudden weight gain at first.
* KodomoNoOmocha -- Sana's biological AbsurdlyYouthfulMother mom Keiko actually didn't know she was preggers ''until she gave birth''. Somewhat more understandable in the manga, where [[spoiler: Sana's birth happened when Keiko was 14 (she's still very young in the anime, but not THAT much), and it's strongly implied she's also a ChildByRape.]]

* Implied in [[{{Discworld}} The Fifth Elephant]]. Even if [[spoiler:Lady Sybil]] wasn't surprised, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny her husband most assuredly was.]]

* Daisy's mother in TheStoneDiaries is unaware that she's pregnant.

* A fat woman complaining of severe cramps went into the {{ER}} and not only realized that she was pregnant but that she was giving birth to twins. Dr. Benton had to deliver the baby--something he "hadn't done since med school."

* TruthInTelevision: According to The Learning Channel series "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant", women who tend to be a risk for surprise pregnancies often assume they were infertile, or [[ButWeUsedACondom think they used proper birth control]], or have such irregular periods that they didn't notice the pregnancy, or are so ignorant about the signs of pregnancy that she mistakes them for an illness. Some women still experience spotting during pregnancy (and thus think that they're still getting periods), while others don't even get a baby bump--not even nine months in--or have a larger body shape that makes small(er) fluctuations in weight and build hard to notice.

'''Examples:'''

* The MontyPython movie ''Meaning Of Life'', previous to the infamous "Every Sperm Is Sacred" song, featured a poor Yorkshire family whose mother was having babies drop right out from between her legs as she cooked and cleaned for her burgeoning family.

* ''DoctorWho'' Series 6 gives one to [[spoiler:Amy Pond]]. The surprise element is made more plausible, so to speak, by [[spoiler:having the Amy we see be a (non-pregnant) duplicate with her consciousness, while her comatose (pregnant) real body is elsewhere]].

* A teen magazine once had a real life story about this 18 year old girl who hadn't gotten her periods yet. She'd had a boyfriend (they eventually drifted apart), and when sleeping with him, she assumed it was okay to not use any protection because she wasn't fertile. One day, she got some pretty strong stomach pains on and off, and thinking it was her first period, she stayed in the bathroom, and she was NOT expecting to suddenly give birth there and then.

Sometimes the LawOfInverseFertility hits so hard that the woman doesn't even realize she's pregnant, often not until the ScreamingBirth (and sometimes not even then). Cries of "ButICantBePregnant" and "how could I have missed this?" ensue. Cue BabiesMakeEverythingBetter!

* KodomonoOmocha -- Sana's biological AbsurdlyYouthfulMother mom Keiko actually didn't know she was preggers ''until she gave birth''. Somewhat more understandable in the manga, where [[spoiler: Sana's birth happened when Keiko was 14 (she's still very young in the anime, but not THAT much), and it's strongly implied she's also a ChildByRape.]]

* Implied in TheFifthElephant. Even if [[spoiler:LadySybil]] wasn't surprised, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny her husband most assuredly was.]]

* Sana's mother in ''KodomoNoOmocha'' had no idea she was pregnant until Sana was born, and abandoned her in a moment of panic.

Not to be confused with ButWeUsedACondom.

* Used as a "plot twist" in ''way'' too many fanfic. It gets one conditioned to expect it any time someone is eating more than usual, puking, gaining weight, or craving odd foods in any medium, including real life.

* The new cute swimming insturctor in ''WaterBoys'' discovers she's eight months pregnant and goes on a maternity leave immediatly after managing to convince her five team members to throw away their pride and join her syncro swimming team for her.

* In the satirical 'legend' of Pope Joan, a woman went to Catholic school disguised as a boy and worked her way through the ecclesial ranks to Cardinal and finally Pope. Her cover was blown when she put her foot in the stirrup to mount her horse and promptly gave birth before a shocked audience.

* The aptly-titled ''I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant'' is about this.

* TruthInTelevision: The Learning Channel once did an entire special on such surprise pregnancies; often they were women who assumed they were infertile, or [[ButWeUsedACondom thought they used proper birth control]], or had such irregular periods that they didn't notice the pregnancy, or are so ignorant about the signs of pregnancy that she mistakes them for an illness. Some women still experience spotting during pregnancy (and thus think that they're still getting periods), while others don't even get a baby bump, not even nine months in, or have a larger body shape that makes small fluctuations hard to notice. It doesn't help that many fat women have irregular-to-nonexistent periods normally as well.
** And according to the show, you can get pregnant in a vacuum in space by an elephant, even if you are both post-menopausal and have never had your period. I exaggerate, but that seems to be the message of the show.
*** The above-mentioned show is called "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant." The cases range from WallBanger stories (women not wanting to get pregnant, but eschewing birth control anyway) and pure ParanoiaFuel (women who do use condoms/birth control). In the latter case, it seems like that 1% - 2% failure rate is horrifyingly huge and horrifyingly real.
**** Probably the most NightmareFuel-inducing one was the one where a woman had her tubes tied, but they ''reconnected'' and she got pregnant without knowing.

* TruthInTelevision: The Learning Channel once did an entire special on such surprise pregnancies; often they were women who assumed they were infertile, or [[ButWeUsedACondom thought they used proper birth control]], or had such irregular periods that they didn't notice the pregnancy, or are so ignorant about the signs of pregnancy that she mistakes them for an illness. Some women still experience spotting during pregnancy (and thus think that they're still getting periods), while others don't even get a baby bump, not even nine months in, or are so obese that they don't notice.

* * A fat woman complaining of severe cramps went into the {{ER}} and not only realized that she was pregnant but that she was giving birth to twins. Dr. Benton had to deliver the baby--something he "hadn't done since med school."

* The MontyPython movie ''Meaning Of Life'', previous to the infamous "Every Sperm Is Sacred" song, featured a poor Irish family whose mother was having babies drop right out from between her legs as she cooked and cleaned for her burgeoning family.