A 21-YEAR-old, who had no idea that she was pregnant, went to the hospital with severe stomach cramps and came home with a surprise baby.
Abby Vollet, now 22, gave birth to her daughter, Khalani, now 11 months, on 30 March 2021, via emergency C-section at around 35 weeks after having no idea that she was even pregnant.
The full-time student and day-care worker, from Missouri, US, went to the hospital with severe stomach cramps where she discovered that she was pregnant and fully dilated.
The doctors decided to perform an emergency C-section and within 20 minutes Abby had given birth to her daughter, Khalani.
Abby said: "I had no idea that I was pregnant. I didn't experience any symptoms and I didn't gain any weight.
"No one saw this coming.
"The pain started off with slight stomach cramps. They continued to get worse over the day to the point where I couldn't move, so my mum, Cindy, 54, took me to the hospital.
"I had an ultrasound and the doctors told me I was pregnant and I was fully dilated. I remember telling the doctor that it wasn't true. I was in total shock.
"At first they estimated I was around 20 weeks, but after the C-section, they said I was actually between 35 to 37 weeks.
"I had an emergency C-section and within 20 minutes my baby was here.
"At first I felt so embarrassed that I was going to be a young and single mum. I even refused to see my baby for the first few days."
When Abby told her friends what had happened, they thought she was joking because it was almost April Fools' Day.
She says that no one could believe this had happened because she hadn't gained weight and her body hadn't changed.
Abby says: "The doctors think that she must have been behind my ribs because I had no bumps and I never felt any kicks.
"I was even getting my period the whole time and I comfortably fit into all of my size medium clothes the whole way through.
"I didn't have much of a relationship with Khalani's dad, so it's always just been me and her.
"Before having my daughter, I honestly never wanted to have children and didn't plan for it to happen in my life.
"But now she is here, I absolutely love her.
"It was really weird at first. I almost saw her as someone else's child. We didn't have that immediate bond because I didn't know that she was coming and it was such a shock."
Despite the shock of having a baby, Abby is content with her life now and wouldn't change it for the world.
After her C-section, Abby experienced some complications which caused her to be unwell.
She said: "After my C-section, I was admitted into the hospital again because the incision was infected.
"My health kept deteriorating, I also ended up having an ileus as my digestive system wasn’t working properly.
"I had an NG tube inserted and I wasn’t allowed to eat or drink water. If I wanted a drink I had to dip a sponge into water and put it on my tongue. It was pretty miserable.
"After all this, I was able to go back home where a nurse would have to come to my house every other day and pack my incision for about 2 weeks. But I’m pretty much back to being healthy now.
"Khalani has always been healthy which is surprising because I had just turned 21 when I was pregnant. I had obviously drunk throughout the pregnancy because I was totally unaware.
"She is the easiest baby ever. She's so outgoing and funny. My miracle child."
