by Woman Gives Birth After She Attended Via Zoom With The Camera Off
Some women do have ᴠᴀɢɪɴᴀʟ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ during pregnancy. Some even report intermittent ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ that seems like a regular ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ to them. But ᴠᴀɢɪɴᴀʟ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ during pregnancy is not the same thing as ᴍᴇɴsᴛʀᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.
The birth of Teagan Brill’s baby is certainly a story that’ll be passed down the generations. That’s because, just a week after learning she was pregnant – and believing she was in her first trimester – the 22-year-old gave birth to a healthy, full-term boy while on the toilet. Teagan, from Michigan in the US, began suspecting she was pregnant in February last year. A test showed a ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ, but there were no signs things may had been further along. In a series of TikToks explaining the situation, Teagan said she’d continued to have regular ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅs and that her body didn’t noticeably change.
ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ occurs during pregnancy for ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜs ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴs, sᴏᴍᴇ sᴇʀɪᴏᴜs and some not. Some women have light ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ or spotting in the week before their ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ is due and they may mistake that for a ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ. It’s generally a lot lighter than a typical ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ and lasts just a day or two.
“Nobody could tell, nobody knew. It’s not like I was huge with a baby ʙᴜᴍᴘ,I looked my normal self.’’ she said
Teagan had even worn swimsuit and beachwear multiple times during what we now know was her pregnancy, with no one spotting a hint of a ʙᴜᴍᴘ. After some weight gain, she texted her long-distance boyfriend when he suggested the test. When they got the great news, the couple began calculating potential conception dates.
A week after learning she was pregnant Teagan began to feel strange. She stayed home from her classes at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she was a senior at the time, and attended via Zoom with the camera off. Teagan then began ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄɪɴɢ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴇ sᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ ᴄʀᴀᴍᴘs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟᴀsᴛᴇᴅ into the night, which is when she had her surprise loo labour.
‘I literally ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ. My hole was this big,’ she said on TikTok.
‘It did not feel like a normal s***. I ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ and my hole was huge. I literally felt it and it was rock hard, and I just was like, Um, this is a child. And I pulled him out. I pulled him out and the entire time I was on the phone with the ᴀᴍʙᴜʟᴀɴᴄᴇ, like EMTs, 911, she can’t stand. A ᴘᴀɴɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ Tᴇᴀɢᴀɴ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀʟʟ her roommates but they were sleeping, so she waited for the ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴄʏ sᴇʀᴠɪᴄᴇs to arrive.The mum added: ‘They came literally five minutes after I had my child in the toilet. I ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ, I saw him coming out, pulled him, wrapped him in a towel and then the ᴀᴍʙᴜʟᴀɴᴄᴇ came.’
Baby Owen, now a year old, was perfectly healthy and weighed nine pounds six ounces at birth. Teagan was taken to hospital for a check-up and given the all-clear, before breaking the news to her mother that she was already a grandma.
