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In reply to the discussion: Wow I am in shock [View all]2naSalit
(86,580 posts)I thought, before it happened to someone I know, that you had to be pretty stupid to not know. But this gal, a fellow student in college, she was kind of heavy but all was normal until her birthday when she was in horrible pain... had her husband take her to the hospital not knowing why she was so ill. After a short time in the ER a social worker came in to talk to her because she was in labor and about to have her fist child. She was dumbfounded to say the least. The whole neighborhood (she was a barista with a following) got together and helped her husband round up furniture and clothes for their surprise daughter. We started a fundraising project for them, they were totally unprepared for the expenses of a child - they were using BC after all, and school expenses were their primary focus at the time.
I'm glad that the folks in the OP were pretty much prepared for this, even though it happened a little early.