History Main / SurprisePregnancy

* ''Series/TidelandsNetflix'': Violca gets pregnant by Colton, to her surprise since Adrielle told her hybrids like them were all infertile.

* ''Film/FreshmanYear'': Both CJ and Marcella are completely shocked that she got pregnant (for him, because he's at first unaware they did, due to being drunk), from their shower tryst.

* ''Series/IntoTheDark'': Esme got pregnant unexpectedly when she and Joseph hadn't known each other very long. She wanted to keep the baby however. Joseph was hesitant because of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent his heritage]], clearly worried that their baby [[WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe would be the same]] (which [[InTheBlood he was]]), but they married anyway.

* ''Series/MohawkGirls'': Caitlin gets unintentionally pregnant by Butterhead, thus setting off continued drama as at first he reacts badly, she then moves in with him but isn't happy and ultimately decides to have an abortion but has pretty mixed feelings about.

An unexpected pregnancy is one of the biggest ways to throw both the narrative and a (usually female, but [[MisterSeahorse sometimes]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} not]] - which makes things even ''more'' shocking) character's life for a loop. It can occur under many different circumstances, be it the result of a fling, an affair, a long-term relationship, or even supernatural influence.

Obviously, this is TruthInTelevision - in the United States, [[https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/contraception/unintendedpregnancy/index.htm close to half of all pregnancies are unplanned,]] though the number has decreased over the years thanks to increased awareness of birth control.

* ''Series/TheGifted'': Lorna's second FreakOut of the pilot episode stems from this when Strucker shows her her medical records, revealing that she's expecting a child, which is a complete shock to her.

* WeddingEnhancedFertility: Surprise, you're pregnant right after the wedding!

* [[spoiler: Zelda]] has a shocking unexpected pregnancy in the ''Blood and Spirit'' section of ''Fanfic/BoundDestiniesTrilogy.''

* ''LightNovel/EvenThoughImAFormerNobleAndSingleMother'': The titular noblewoman and adventurer Shirley realized she was pregnant shortly after escaping the castle dungeons and started getting nausea in the mornings, then started counting back to her last period. The story then follows how she adapts to mothering her twin daughters.

* In ''Breaking Dawn'', the last book of the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series, Bella gets pregnant with her vampire husband's child. The reason that it's an ''unexpected'' pregnancy is that A) she gets pregnant the very first time that they ever have sex and B) the series (and the author) up until this point ''heavily'' implied that vampires can't have children. In fact, earlier in the series Edward lamented that he couldn't give Bella kids. Besides which, the pregnancy is incredibly dangerous and completely upends Bella's plans for her future. She never even considers an abortion, although more than half of her supernatural family (including her husband and her best friend) try to convince her to terminate the pregnancy.

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* ''Series/{{Community}}'': [[spoiler:Shirley]] becomes pregnant in Season 2 after a brief (and memory-wiped) fling with [[spoiler:Chang.]]

* ButWeUsedACondom: Surprise, your condom broke!

* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] was this for a young, unmarried Homer and Marge, resulting in their ShotgunWedding.

* ''Film/SaveTheDate'': Sarah gets unexpectedly pregnant by Jonathan, saying later she was irresponsible, though her sister tells her to not beat herself up over it.

* ''Series/{{Pandora}}'': Jax gets suddenly pregnant and is taken aback as she uses birth control, as does her boyfriend. It turns out to be a {{mystical pregnancy}}, so it's ''really'' surprising.

* ''Film/LoveIsNotPerfect'': Elena learns she's unexpectedly pregnant by Marco right after finding out he's been cheating with a man after she told him she's not ready to be a mother. Needless to say, she's unhappy.

* Demons in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' have sex, and they reproduce. But in the normal order of things, those two things aren't connected. Most aren't even aware that having sex with a human can result in a half-demon. Male demons who make this discovery often don't care very much, but imagine the shock of a female demon who discovers what pregnancy is, and that her amusing romp with that human has caused her to have one!