Bride feared she’d ruined her wedding party with a stomach bug — the real reason had guests cheering
She realized she hadn't had any stomach virus; rather, it was her baby boy, 'baking' in her belly.
Jade Geralds (@allisonjade17), 27, was attending her cousin's wedding in Glasgow, Kentucky, with her husband, Jamison, when she experienced something strange in her body. She couldn't explain what was bothering her, but she knew something was off. However, the next morning, Geralds could no longer dismiss her symptoms because she woke up very sick and was scared that she could have unintentionally spread the stomach virus at the wedding. Geralds alerted the other bridesmaids in a group text, asking them to be cautious, only to realize she was pregnant.
Geralds woke up at 5 in the morning after her cousin's wedding and was continuously throwing up. "I woke up the morning of the wedding not feeling great, and actually told my cousin I had felt like I was going to pass out in the shower," she told Newsweek. Geralds was convinced that she had a bad stomach bug and possibly could have spread it at the event. "Just wanted to give you all a heads up... in case you start feeling not good... I have been up since 5, throwing up," Geralds informed the other bridesmaid. However, a few days after her cousin's wedding, she realized she hadn't had any stomach virus; rather, it was her baby boy, Drake, "baking" in her belly. Yes, that's right, she was pregnant. "It was the best unexpected surprise ever. After the shock was over and everyone knew, we were laughing about it," Geralds told PEOPLE. You can check her post here. Drake, Geralds' son, who is over a year old now, has grown into a fun-loving, smart kid. "He is so much fun, and so very loved. He is active, smart, and the funniest little guy," she confessed.
Geralds' experience is a classic example of "cryptic pregnancy" (or stealth pregnancy), a situation where an expecting mother doesn't know she is pregnant. Some women don't realize they're pregnant until labor pain kicks in, according to the Cleveland Clinic. However, this isn't common, and only 1 in 2,500 pregnancies goes unnoticed until delivery, whereas the most common cryptic pregnancy is not realizing that they are pregnant somewhere between four and 12 weeks. A person with a cryptic pregnancy experiences symptoms identical to those with a known pregnancy, but the key difference is that they don't realize the cause of the symptoms. For example, Geralds was throwing up continuously, but instead of pregnancy, she thought she had caught a stomach bug. Other symptoms of a stealth pregnancy include missed or delayed periods, spotting or light bleeding, weight gain, false negative pregnancy test results, etc.
Meanwhile, moms who have had similar crazy experiences opened up, recalling how they got to know they were pregnant; for instance, @stepheechu94 shared, "My 'I have taken 6 tests in the last 2 weeks, and they’ve all been negative; I’m definitely not pregnant' is turning 2 in May." Similarly, @kristinwarner79 commented, "I had two weddings in one weekend; at the second one, I thought I was hungover despite having maybe two drinks the night before. Anyway, he turned 17 last month." @ksunfiltered wrote, "My 'heart attack' is now 2 years old. My body genuinely went into full shock 48 hours after conception."
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