A California woman found out she was pregnant only 48 hours before she gave birth to a healthy full-term baby boy.
April Barnum, who is very overweight, thought she was suffering from a stomach ache when she went to a hospital emergency room, the Orange County Register reported. Doctors saw the fetus on an X-ray and sent Barnum to University of California-Irvine Medical Center.
Walter Scott Edwards III was delivered by Caesarian section.
Barnum and her fiance, Walter Edwards II, are happy about their son but not very well prepared. The couple had adopted four dogs.
I was blowing money on dogs, Edwards said. You need the money most when you’re having a baby.
Friends and relatives have stepped up with a crib and other necessary items.
Doctors said Barnum’s weight was responsible for her not realizing she was pregnant. She also had a gastric bypass operation seven years ago that did not bring her down to a normal weight.
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