A woman rushed to hospital with tummy trouble, fearing she had eaten a dodgy kebab, was shocked to give birth instead, a British newspaper reported on Friday.
Helen Smitham (25) of Distington in northwest England, had no idea she was pregnant when she complained of feeling a bit rough — with an iffy kebab thought to blame.
Her mother rushed her to the nearby West Cumberland Hospital where she gave birth so quickly that doctors did not even have time to tell her she was expecting.
Her baby son Deaton was born on December 24 weighing 2,1kg said The Sun, Britain’s biggest-selling daily.
”I had absolutely no idea,” a stunned Smitham said.
”When I had stomach pains I thought it was the kebab. At the hospital there was no time for the doctors to see me before it all happened.”
Smitham’s boyfriend Mark Askew (41) was also flabbergastered.
”She was at work until the Friday before Christmas and we’d gone out and done the normal things, like going out for a drink, Christmas parties and socialising.
”When I got a call to say we had a baby boy it was amazing.” – Sapa-AFP