Woman Thought She Was Passing a Kidney Stone, Had Baby Instead

By THC Staff | October 24, 2016

 

Stephanie and Michael Jaegers’ family grew unexpectedly from 5 to 6 members after a hospital visit for abdominal pains. Stephanie went to the hospital on Tuesday night for what she assumed was a kidney stone attempting to pass. KHOU reports that instead of investigating the kidney stone, the doctors told her she needed an ultrasound to check on her 38-week-old baby.

The couple was absolutely stunned at the unexpected pregnancy. Of course, many people wonder how could the couple not know that she was pregnant? “Please trust that this is a question me and Steph have asked each other multiple times whenever we’ve heard similar stories like this,” Michael wrote on his Facebook page. He went on to explain that Stephanie had been diagnosed with a hormonal imbalance, the baby was breech and didn’t move throughout the pregnancy and she continued to have a menstruation cycle, which is rare but possible. The signs of pregnancy just weren’t there.

At nearly 4:00 AM, Stephanie gave birth to Shaun Jude Jaegers who was very healthy despite not having pre-natal care. Their other children are adjusting to the new surprise sibling, and the family is busy gathering supplies that they had no idea they would need. They started a GoFundMe page to offset some of the costs of adding a new family member unexpectedly.